Countries
India, No official status
Sri Lanka
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
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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 in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Vedda
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Up-Country Sinhalese
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
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Glottocode
bhoj1246
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Sinhalese language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.