Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Sri Lanka
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- 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 Swedish
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mange tak
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
God nat
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
God aften
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
God morgen
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Undskyld!
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Sweden
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Not Available
Where They Speak
Denmark
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Not Available
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
dansk
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
danois
singhalais
German Name
Dänisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
sinh1246
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Danish 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 Danish and Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Sinhalese language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Danish vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.