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Sinhalese and Italian


Italian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
ciao   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
grazie   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Come stai?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
buongiorno   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Per Favore   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
scusate   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
arrivederci   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Italiano   

French Name
singhalais   
italien   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Italians   

History

Origin
3   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Italian   

Language Position
70   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
ita   

ISO 639 3
sin   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Sinhalese and Italian 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 Italian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Italian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Italian Dialects are spoken in different Italian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Italian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Italian dialects include: Romanesco , Central Italian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Italian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Sinhalese vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Italian Language Codes

Sinhalese and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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