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Sinhalese and Romanian


Romanian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

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)  
alo  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
scuze  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
La revedere  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Not Available  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
Română  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
singhalais  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
3  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Romanian  

Language Position
70  
99+
36  
28

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
rum  

ISO 639 3
sin  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Sinhalese and Romanian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Sinhalese vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Romanian Language Codes

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

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