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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Not Available
Where They Speak
France
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
suédois
singhalais
German Name
Schwedisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
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")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Fusional
Swedish and Sinhalese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swedish and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Sinhalese language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Swedish vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Sinhalese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swedish and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.