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Balochi and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
18  
15

How Many Consonants
26  
16
36  
26

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
හලෝ (halō)  

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)  

Bye
bye  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

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  

History

Origin
19th Century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
Not Available  
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
sin  

ISO 639 3
bal  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
balo1260  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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