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