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Sinhalese vs Swedish


Swedish vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
54  
33
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18  
15
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)  
hej  

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  

Bye
බායි (bāyi)  
hej då  

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
30
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Sri Lankan Sinhala  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00  
27
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Up-Country Sinhalese  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
France  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million  
39
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
3  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
70  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Sinhalese  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
si  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
sin  
swe  

ISO 639 3
sin  
swe  

ISO 639 6
sin  
swe  

Glottocode
sinh1246  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Sinhalese and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Swedish language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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Sinhalese and Swedish Greetings

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