Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
scusate
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Italiano
  
French Name
singhalais
  
italien
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Italians
  
Origin
3
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Sinhalese and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Italian language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Italian Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.