Sinhalese and Welsh
Countries
Sri Lanka
Wales
National Language
Sri Lanka
Wales
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Welsh Language Commissioner
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
English Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
British Language
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Diolch
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Nos da
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Bore da
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Vedda
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Argentina
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gwynedd
Dialect 3
Not Available
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Not Available
Powys
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Cymraeg
French Name
singhalais
gallois
German Name
Singhalesisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Welsh people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Celtic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Welsh
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Sinhalese and Welsh 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 Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Welsh Speaking population
Sinhalese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh 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 Welsh on Sinhalese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Welsh Language Codes
Sinhalese and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.