Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Ola
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Bos días
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
East Galicia
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
singhalais
  
galicien
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Galician 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 Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Galician language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Galician Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.