Countries
Sri Lanka
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
alo
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
scuze
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
singhalais
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
3
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Sinhalese and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Romanian language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Romanian Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.