Countries
Sri Lanka
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Sri Lanka
France
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Merci
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Bonjour
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
désolé
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
au revoir
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Vedda
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
African French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Africa
Dialect 3
Not Available
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
français
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Français
French Name
singhalais
français
German Name
Singhalesisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
sinh1246
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Sinhalese and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and French language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs French Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.