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