Countries
India, No official status
Sri Lanka
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 in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Vedda
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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
Bhojpuri
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
si
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
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.