Countries
Sri Lanka
  
India
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
singhalais
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
3
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Sinhalese and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Gujarati language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.