Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Iran
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
chone tao?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
jawáin shap
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Mihrabani kan
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Vedda
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
-
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
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Native Name
بلوچی
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
baloutchi
singhalais
German Name
Belutschisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
Glottocode
balo1260
sinh1246
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Balochi and Sinhalese 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 Balochi and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Sinhalese language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Balochi vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Balochi and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.