Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Sri Lanka
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mange tak
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
God nat
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
God aften
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
God morgen
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Undskyld!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Sweden
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Denmark
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Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
-
Native Name
dansk
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
danois
singhalais
German Name
Dänisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
dani1284
sinh1246
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Danish and Sinhalese 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 Danish and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Danish and Sinhalese Speaking population
Danish and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Danish and Sinhalese on Danish vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and Sinhalese Language Codes
Danish and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.