Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
bye
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
singhalais
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
3
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Balochi 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 Sinhalese and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Balochi language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Balochi Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Balochi 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 Sinhalese and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.