Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Iran
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
- 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
Kurdish and Persian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
chone tao?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
jawáin shap
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Mihrabani kan
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Vedda
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
بلوچی
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
baloutchi
singhalais
German Name
Belutschisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
sinh1246
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Balochi and Sinhalese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Balochi and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Balochi and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Balochi are spoken in different Balochi Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Balochi vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Balochi and Sinhalese Speaking population
Balochi and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Balochi and Sinhalese on Balochi vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Balochi and Sinhalese Language Codes
Balochi and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.