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Sinhalese and Norwegian


Norwegian and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Sri Lanka   
Norway   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Norwegian 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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Maldivian Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
hallo   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
takk   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
god natt   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
god morgen   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
unnskyld   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
ha det   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Norsk   

French Name
singhalais   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
3   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
nor   

ISO 639 3
sin   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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All Sinhalese and Norwegian 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 Sinhalese and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Norwegian Speaking population

Sinhalese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Sinhalese and Norwegian on Sinhalese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Norwegian Language Codes

Sinhalese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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