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Hindi vs Sinhalese


Sinhalese vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
18  
15

How Many Consonants
33  
23
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
हिन्दी  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
hindi  
singhalais  

German Name
Hindi  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
5  
5
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
sin  

ISO 639 3
hin  
sin  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Hindi and Sinhalese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Sinhalese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Sinhalese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Sinhalese Language History.

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

Hindi vs Sinhalese Difficulty

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

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