Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Israel
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
singhalais
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Sinhalese and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Hebrew language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.