Countries
Assam, India
Sri Lanka
National Language
Assam, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not Available
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not Available
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- 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
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Not Available
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Not Available
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Not Available
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Not Available
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Not Available
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Not Available
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Vedda
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Not Available
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Not Available
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Not Available
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
Not Available
singhalais
German Name
Not Available
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Not Available
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
Not Available
si
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
sin
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
sin
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bodo1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Bodo 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 Bodo and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bodo and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bodo are spoken in different Bodo Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bodo vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect, (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bodo and Sinhalese Speaking population
Bodo and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available 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 Bodo and Sinhalese on Bodo vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bodo and Sinhalese Language Codes
Bodo and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bodo and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.