Bosnian and Sinhalese
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sri Lanka
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Hvala
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Kako si?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Laku noc
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
molim vas
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Oprostite
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Volim te
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Vedda
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Croatia
-
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Croatia
-
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
bosniaque
singhalais
German Name
Bosnisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
sinh1246
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Bosnian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % 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 Bosnian and Sinhalese on Bosnian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Bosnian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.