Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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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
Alphabets
2954
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
918
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1836
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
හලෝ (halō)
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)
Bye
hej då
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Vedda
Where They Speak
Gabon
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Georgia
-
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
France
-
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
791
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.70 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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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
Origin
13th Century
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
8970
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
sin
ISO 639 2/B
swe
sin
ISO 639 3
swe
sin
ISO 639 6
swe
sin
Glottocode
swed1254
sinh1246
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional