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Bosnian and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
18   
15

How Many Consonants
25   
15
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Hvala   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
molim vas   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Zbogom   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Volim te   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
bosniaque   
singhalais   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
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
Bosnian   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
sin   

ISO 639 3
bos   
sin   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
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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All Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Bosnian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Sinhalese on Bosnian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Sinhalese Language Codes

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