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Balochi vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs 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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Balochi and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Sinhalese language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Balochi and Sinhalese Language History.

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Balochi 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 Balochi and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Sinhalese language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Balochi vs Sinhalese Difficulty

The Balochi vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi 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 Balochi and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.

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