Countries
Assam, India
Sri Lanka
National Language
Assam, India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
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Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
दु:खित
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Vedda
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
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Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
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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
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
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Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
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Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Bodo
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bodo1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAB
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
Bodo 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 Bodo and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Sinhalese language. Bodo word for "Hello" is नमस्कार or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bodo vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Bodo vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo 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 Bodo and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is 34 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.