Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
tacka dig
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
hur mår du
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
godnatt
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
god morgon
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
vänligen
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
ledsen
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
ursäkta mig
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Gabon
Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Dialects
Where They Speak
-
Georgia
Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese
Dialects
Where They Speak
-
France
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Svenska
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
singhalais
suédois
German Name
Singhalesisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sinh1246
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Sinhalese and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Sri Lankan Sinhala. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Swedish Speaking population
Sinhalese and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Sinhalese vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Swedish Language Codes
Sinhalese and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.