Countries
Sri Lanka
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
singhalais
  
slovène
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
3
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Sinhalese and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Slovene language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Slovene Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.