Currency in Sri Lanka is called Rupee.

The currency code for Rupees is LKR, and the currency symbol is ₨.

 

For latest exchange rate always check online or local exchange office.

March 2020

1 Euro (EUR) is approx 200 - 210 Sri Lankan Rupee

1 US Dollar (USD) is approx 180 - 200  Sri Lankan Rupee

1 Danish Krone (DDK) is approx  25 - 30  Sri Lankan Rupee

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You can exchange at the airport or most larger cities.

At present time there is no bigger difference in EUR / USD / DDK.

Please note that most ATM charges exchange rate and some airport exchange offices charges 200-400 rps

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR / Rs) is a floating currency, which means the exchange rate is determined by market forces, so samples above should be checked.

 

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Here is a small travel dictionary (may be missspelled - review in progress) with some usefull words.

Sinhalese pharases ( Sinhala wordbook )  - Some words are linked to googletranslate

Some words may be wrong - try to translate this page from english to danish or english to German or English to Arabic

English  Danish  German/Germany Sinhala (Not Tamil)  Meaning / Usage / pronunciation
Help  Hjælp  Hilfe udavva  SOS 
Little or younger brother  Lille bror Klein .....  Malli  

If you want to call the "younger" driver, waiter (if male). This is more polite than using waiter or driver etc... 
Crocodile  Krokodille Krokodil  Kimbulu  Crocodiles (Kimbula if one) 
I want to se  Jeg vil gerne se    Mate balane ona ... I would like to see...  

Father/Daddy

Dad 

Far

Fader / Far  

Fasser (Vasser)

papa

tāttā

appā (Tamil ?)

Watch it taṭṭa means bald :-)  
one, two, tree   1, 2 , 3  Ein, twei, drei.. Ekkar, dekkar, tuna, hatera, baha, haje, hate, ate, nameja, dahaj. 

If numbers are combined it usually ends or replaces last letter with an i.

Icecreame ekkai (one icecreame)

Beer dekkai (two beer.)  
money  Penge  Geld salli

Salli nee (No money) 

currency in Sri Lankan is called rupee (LKR)
younger sister  Lillesøster  Swester.. naṃgī (nanghi)   
Umbrella  Paraply    kuḍē   
young coconut  Ung kokosnød    kurumbā   
Elder brother  Storebror/Storebroder    ayyā  (Sir or farther) also used if you want to call an older driver , waiter or person older than you. 
         
Elder sister  Storesøster    akkā  (A'ga) 
Leopard  Leopard  Leppard Divia   
Thank you  Tak  Danke Sthuthi 

( Sounds a bit like is-tuthi / eshtuti) 

Neh Sthuti (No thank you)
Lets go Lad os gå     Appi yannawa (lets go) 
Hi/Hallo/Hi there  Hej / Dav    Goho maden  Goho maden 
Goodmorning  Godmorgen  Gutten morgen Super odasunak  
Good...  God...  Gut.. Super....  Super.. (good) 
Cheers  Skål  Prost (Beifall)  Sara'dewa 

Latin : plausibus

http://www.awa.dk/glosary/slainte.htm 
Where is it?  Hvor er det? wo ist es  Eka koheda thiyenne?   
What did you say?  Hvad sagde du?    Mokakda oya kiwwe?   
You can sit down  Du kan sidde ned  Setzen sie here yata waadi wenna puluwan.   
I love you  Jeg elsker dig Ich liebe dich  Mama oyata aadarei.  Mama (if girl)   
I Would Like That  Jeg vil gerne have den    Mama ekata kamathi.     
Nice to see you  Rart at se dig    Obawa dakinna labeema sathutak.     
How are you?  Hvordan har du det Vie gets  Oyata kohomada?    
Sorry  Undskyld 

Es tut mir Leid

Entschuldigung

 Samawenna     
Im fine  Jeg har det godt  Allez gut  Mama hondin / Mama etharam hondin nemei inne     
be careful Vær forsigtig  achten  pa-res-sə-men    
be quiet  Vær stille  ruhig sein  kë ga-han-də e-pā    
can I help you  Kan jeg hjælpe dig  kann ich Ihnen helfen (hilfe)  ëy     
certainly  Bestemt  sicher nët-tan    
don't   nicht  e-pā    
don't worry  Bare rolig    ka-rə-də-rə ven-de-pā e-kə-tə ka-mak ne Take it easy!   
don't you know  Hved du det ikke    dan-ned-də     
get out  Stig ud  aussteigen  pa-lə-yan     
God knows  Gud ved  Gott weiß,  dey-yo da-ni     
here you are  Værs'go    men-nə/men     
it doesn't matter  Det gør ikke noget    e-kə-ta ka-mak ne     
is that so  Er det rigtigt    et-tə-də / he-bedə     
I think so  Det tror jeg  Ich denke, so  man hi-tan-ne     
I agree  Jeg er enig    e-kə et-tə     
I can't  Jeg kan ikke  Ich kann nicht  ma-tə be     
I did'nt hear you  Jeg hørte dig ikke/Jeg hørte ikke hvad du sagde    ma-tə e-hu-ne në     
what did you say  Hvad sagde du    mo-kad-də ki-ve    
I don't know  Jeg ved det ikke  Ich weiß nicht  man dan-në     
just a minute  Et øjeblik  nur eine Minute / Augenblick  pod-dak in-nə     
let's go  Lad os gå  lasst uns gehen  ya-mu / yan     
look  Se    en-nə / än     
no  Nej  Nein  në     
nonsense  Sludder    pis-su/ke-hem-mal     
o.k.  ok ( ja )  ok / in Ordnung  ha-ri/no-nday     
quickly  hurtigt  schnell  hay-yen/ik-mə-nətə    
really  virkelig  wirklich  në/hë-bë-tə 
adv
1. in reality; in actuality; assuredly it's really quite harmless
2. truly; genuinely really beautiful
interj
1. an exclamation of dismay, disapproval, doubt, surprise, etc.
not really? an exclamation of surprise or polite doubt 
  
really not virkelig ikke         
not really ikke rigtig/egentlig ikke nicht wirklich   
Meaning; neither yes nor no at the same time; statement meaning in between, maybe or straddling the fence. Word used when trying to avoid a question. 
  
slowly  langsomt  langsam  he-min     
that's enough  Det er nok    ē-ë-ti     
that's it  Det var det    e-kə ta-may     
that's right  Det er rigtigt    ë-kə ha-ri/ë-kə -tə     
that 'Il do  Det gør jeg    ē ë-ti     
take it easy  Tag det roligt    ō-va ga-nan gan-de-pā    
too bad  Ærgeligt    a-pə-rā-de     
very good  Meget godt  sehr gut  bo-ho-mə ho-nday     
very nice  Meget fint / meget flot sehr schöne  ha-ri shök     
wait a minute  Vent et minut ( vent et øjeblik )  warten Sie eine Minute/augenblick  pod-dak in-nə     
what a pity  Det var ærgeligt    a-pə-rā-de/a-nē pau     
what nonsense  Sikke noget sludder  was für ein Unsinn  mo-nə pis-su-də     
what's the matter  Hvad er der galt    ëy / mo-kō     
who knows  Hvem ved  wer weiß  kau-də dan-ne     
who's who  Hvem er hvem    kä-ge kau-də     
yes ja    ou     
yes, of course  ja, selvfølgelig    nët-tan     
you bet  De kan du væde på/Det kan du lige bande på. (Helt sikkert) Sie wetten  në / bo-ru  Informal
Of course; surely.
  
you don't say  Det siger du ikke    në / hë-bë-tə     
you are joking  Du joker / du laver grin.  Sie scherzen  o-yə ë-tə-mə-də / bo-ru nē-də     
Do you speak English?  Taler du engelsk?  Sprechen Sie Englisch? ඔබ ඉංග්රිසි කථා කරනවාද
(oba ingreesi kathaa karanavadha?)  		 215 other languages   

 

 

Above you may see some idiomatic phrases used in every­day conversation. Please note their intonation (Source: small talk - OCR scanned from an old book so some may be a bit wrong... we will correct and translate and make it better asap.)

Sinhala or Sinhalese, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sri Lanka by about 12 million people. There are also considerable numbers of Sinhala speakers in Singapore, Thailand, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.

The sinhala Alphabet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_alphabet


Other usefull links:

http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/sinhala.php

 

Further more there is body language (hand signals.)

Like if you don't want to buy from sales person on the beach and they stand from a distance - cross your arms in front of your chest/body (hand/fist closed pointing towards the uppersit shoulder) - after that lower your arms and wave slowly your hand from center with the back of you hand towards you self and the palm pushing it to the right (away 10-20 cm) like if you push it away from you self. 

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