Countries
Sri Lanka
Norway
National Language
Sri Lanka
Norway
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
takk
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
god natt
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
god morgen
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Vær så snill
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
unnskyld
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Vedda
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Sognamål
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
-
Hallingdal, Valdres
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Norsk
French Name
singhalais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Singhalesisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Norwegians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sinh1246
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Sinhalese and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Norwegian Speaking population
Sinhalese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Sinhalese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Norwegian Language Codes
Sinhalese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.