Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Not Available
  
French Name
singhalais
  
albanais
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
3
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Sinhalese and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Albanian language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Albanian Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.