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Sinhalese and Bengali


Bengali and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Sri Lanka  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Sri Lanka  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
40  
29

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not Available  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
singhalais  
bengali  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
3  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Bengali  

Language Position
70  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
ben  

ISO 639 3
sin  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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All Sinhalese and Bengali 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 Sinhalese and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Bengali Speaking population

Sinhalese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Sinhalese and Bengali on Sinhalese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Bengali Language Codes

Sinhalese and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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