Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Sri Lanka
National Language
Bulgaria
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- 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
Macedonian language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Моля (Molja)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Vedda
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
-
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
-
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
bulgare
singhalais
German Name
Bulgarisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
sinh1246
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional
All Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bulgarian and Sinhalese Speaking population
Bulgarian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % 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 Bulgarian and Sinhalese on Bulgarian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Sinhalese Language Codes
Bulgarian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.