Sinhalese and Maltese
Countries
Sri Lanka
European Union, Malta
National Language
Sri Lanka
Malta
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Grazzi
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Kif int?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Skużani!
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Skużi!
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Malta
Dialect 2
Not Available
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malta
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Malti
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Malti
French Name
singhalais
maltais
German Name
Singhalesisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Maltese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Sinhalese and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Maltese Speaking population
Sinhalese and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese 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 Maltese on Sinhalese vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Maltese Language Codes
Sinhalese and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.