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Maltese and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
18   
15

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Ċaw   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Sri Lanka   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Malti   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
maltais   
singhalais   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
3   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Abric   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
sin   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Maltese and Sinhalese Speaking population

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

Maltese and Sinhalese Language Codes

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