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Romanian vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
18   
15

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
multumesc   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Vă Rog   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
scuze   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
La revedere   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Română   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
singhalais   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
1521   
3   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
36   
28
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
sin   

ISO 639 3
ron   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Romanian and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Sinhalese language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Romanian and Sinhalese Language History.

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Romanian and Sinhalese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Romanian and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Sinhalese language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Romanian vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Romanian and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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