Home
Languagevs


Sinhalese vs Dogri


Dogri vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  
-  

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
54  
33
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
42 weeks  
16

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
-  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
30,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
4.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
2.30 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
3  
1971  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Dogri  

Language Position
70  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Signed Dogri  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
doi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
doi  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
doi  

ISO 639 3
sin  
doi  

ISO 639 6
sin  
doi  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Sinhalese and Dogri Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Dogri language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Dogri language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 whereas history of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sinhalese and Dogri Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Sinhalese and Dogri 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 Sinhalese and Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Dogri language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sinhalese vs Dogri Difficulty

The Sinhalese vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Dogri 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 Sinhalese and Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is 42 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages