Countries
Sri Lanka
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Sri Lanka
Bulgaria
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Vedda
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Not Available
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bulgaria
Dialect 3
Not Available
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bulgaria
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Balgarski
French Name
singhalais
bulgare
German Name
Singhalesisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
sinh1246
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Bulgarian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. 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 Bulgarian on Sinhalese vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Bulgarian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.