Sinhalese and Bosnian
Countries
Sri Lanka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Sri Lanka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Hvala
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kako si?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Laku noc
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Dobro jutro
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
molim vas
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Oprostite
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Volim te
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Vedda
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Chakavian
Where They Speak
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Croatia
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
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Croatia
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
singhalais
bosniaque
German Name
Singhalesisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Bosniaks
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Bosnian
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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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 Bosnian 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 Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Bosnian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. 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 Bosnian on Sinhalese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Bosnian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.