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Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

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

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

Alphabets
54  
33
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
34  
24

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

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  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
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  

History

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  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
70  
99+
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
bho  

ISO 639 3
sin  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

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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Sinhalese and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Bhojpuri language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sinhalese and Bhojpuri Language History.

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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.

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