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
Sinhalese and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Bhojpuri language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.