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Bhojpuri and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • 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
Maithili and Magahi  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
18  
15

How Many Consonants
34  
24
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Vedda  

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

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
bhojpuri  
singhalais  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
37  
34
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
sin  

ISO 639 3
bho  
sin  

ISO 639 6
bho  
sin  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Bhojpuri and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bhojpuri and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Sinhalese Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bhojpuri and Sinhalese on Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Sinhalese Language Codes

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