Countries
Sri Lanka
India, No official status
National Language
Sri Lanka
India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Not Available
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
singhalais
bhojpuri
German Name
Singhalesisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Bhojpuri
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Bhojpuri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Bhojpuri Dialects are spoken in different Bhojpuri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani , Fiji Hindi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Bhojpuri Speaking population
Sinhalese and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Bhojpuri Language Codes
Sinhalese and Bhojpuri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Bhojpuri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.