Maori and Sinhalese
Countries
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
National Language
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
- 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
Tahitian Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Night pai
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
pai ahiahi
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Morning pai
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Tēnā
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Aroha mai
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
poroporoaki
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
tukua ahau
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Vedda
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Not Available
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Not Available
Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Not Available
Where They Speak
New Zealand
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
te Reo Māori
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
maori
singhalais
German Name
Maori-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Māori people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Polynesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Maori
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
maor1246
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Maori 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 Maori and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Maori and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maori are spoken in different Maori Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maori vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maori dialects include: South Island Māori, Western North Island Maori. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maori and Sinhalese Speaking population
Maori and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori 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 Maori and Sinhalese on Maori vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maori and Sinhalese Language Codes
Maori and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maori and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.