Countries
Sri Lanka
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
su prabat
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
kripya
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
4.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
singhalais
  
dogri
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Dogras
  
Origin
3
  
1971
  
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
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Dogri 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 Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Dogri language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Dogri Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Dogri 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 Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.