Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Sri Lanka
National Language
Sweden
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Finland
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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 Danish Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
tacka dig
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
hur mår du
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
godnatt
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
god kväll
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
god morgon
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
vänligen
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ledsen
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Gabon
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Dialects
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Georgia
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
France
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Native Name
Svenska
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
suédois
singhalais
German Name
Schwedisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Indic
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
swed1254
sinh1246
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Swedish 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 Swedish and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swedish and Sinhalese Speaking population
Swedish and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Sinhalese on Swedish vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Sinhalese Language Codes
Swedish and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.