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Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri 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
Maithili and Magahi  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
18  
15

How Many Consonants
34  
24
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
31
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
bhojpuri  
singhalais  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
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
Bhojpuri  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
37  
29
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
bho  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
sin  

ISO 639 3
bho  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
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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Bhojpuri and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and Sinhalese language. History of Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Sinhalese Language History.

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

Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese Difficulty

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

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