Countries
Sri Lanka
Assam, India
National Language
Sri Lanka
Assam, India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
बोडो
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
दु:खित
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Vedda
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
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Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
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Assam, India, Nepal
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
singhalais
bodo
German Name
Singhalesisch
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
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Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
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Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Bodo 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 Bodo dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Bodo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Bodo Dialects are spoken in different Bodo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Bodo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Bodo dialects include: (Sønabari) Western Boro dialect , (Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Bodo Speaking population
Sinhalese and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. 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 Bodo on Sinhalese vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Bodo Language Codes
Sinhalese and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.