Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Wales
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Helô
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Bore da
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
singhalais
  
gallois
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
3
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Sinhalese and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Welsh language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Welsh Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.