Countries
Sri Lanka
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Sri Lanka
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Maldivian Language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
God morgen
  
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Please
  
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Vedda
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not Available
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
16.00 million
  
39
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
singhalais
  
danois
  
German Name
Singhalesisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
3
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
si
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sin
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
sin
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
sin
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sinh1246
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Sinhalese and Danish 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 Sinhalese and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Danish language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Danish Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Danish 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 Sinhalese and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.