Countries
Sri Lanka
India, Pakistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
shub ratri
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
su prabat
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
kripya
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
changa ji pher
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
gustakhi maaf
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Himachal Pradesh, India
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Kullu
Where They Speak
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Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Hinduri
Where They Speak
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France, Himachal Pradesh, India
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
singhalais
dogri
German Name
Singhalesisch
Dogri
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Dogras
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Dogri
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sinh1246
indo1311
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Dogri 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 Dogri dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Dogri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Dogri Dialects are spoken in different Dogri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Dogri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari , Kullu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Dogri Speaking population
Sinhalese and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 %. 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 Dogri on Sinhalese vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Dogri Language Codes
Sinhalese and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.