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Sinhalese vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Sri Lanka  
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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54  
33
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
31  
21

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
-  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Surati  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
singhalais  
goudjrati  

German Name
Singhalesisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
3  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
70  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
guj  

ISO 639 3
sin  
guj  

ISO 639 6
sin  
guj  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Sinhalese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Gujarati language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Sinhalese vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Sinhalese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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