Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
India
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- 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
Assamese and Oriya
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hajong
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
bengali
singhalais
German Name
Bengali
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Bengali 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 Bengali and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Sinhalese language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Bengali vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.