Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
singhalais
  
arménien
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
3
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic