Countries
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Iran
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
chone tao?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Not Available
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
jawáin sawáh
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Vedda
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Baluchi
French Name
singhalais
baloutchi
German Name
Singhalesisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Balochi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
si
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Balochi 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 Sinhalese and Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Balochi Speaking population
Sinhalese and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Sinhalese and Balochi on Sinhalese vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Balochi Language Codes
Sinhalese and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.