Countries
Sri Lanka
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
singhalais
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
3
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Sinhalese and Irish Speaking population
Sinhalese and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish 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 Irish on Sinhalese vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Irish Language Codes
Sinhalese and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.