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Bodo and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Bodo


Countries

Countries
Assam, India  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Assam, India  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
-  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
  • 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
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
18  
15

How Many Consonants
25  
15
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
34 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कार  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
बोडो  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
अन्धानि बार  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
दु:खित  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Lwrbw  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
दु:खित  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.60 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
bodo  
singhalais  

German Name
Bodo  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
1913  
3  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
-  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
-  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
30  
28
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bodo  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
br  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
brx  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
brx  
sin  

ISO 639 3
brx  
sin  

ISO 639 6
brx  
sin  

Glottocode
bodo1269  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
59-AAB  
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 Bodo 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 Bodo and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bodo and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bodo are spoken in different Bodo Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bodo vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect, (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bodo and Sinhalese Speaking population

Bodo and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 % 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 Bodo and Sinhalese on Bodo vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bodo and Sinhalese Language Codes

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