Countries
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
India, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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
Hindi Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Vedda
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
pendjabi
singhalais
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sinhalese
Glottocode
panj1256
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Punjabi 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 Punjabi and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Sinhalese language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi 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 Punjabi and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.