1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Foras na Gaeilge
1.8 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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
1.9 Similar To
Maldivian Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Conas atá tú ?
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Oíche mhaith
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
le do thoil
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Tá brón orm
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Gabh mo leithscéal
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
Munster Irish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Ulster Irish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.79 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million0.14 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
singhalais
irlandais moyen
5.3.5 German Name
Singhalesisch
Mittelirisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Irish people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Irish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology