Countries
Sri Lanka
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Sri Lanka
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Romanian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Si jeni?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
mirëdita
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
mirëmengjes
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Ju lutem
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Me fal
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
mirupafshim
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Vedda
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Not Available
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
albanais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Albanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Albanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sinhalese and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Albanian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sinhalese and Albanian on Sinhalese vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Albanian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
