Sinhalese and Maori
Countries
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
National Language
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "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.
Similar To
Maldivian Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Night pai
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Morning pai
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Tēnā
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Aroha mai
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
poroporoaki
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Vedda
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Dialect 2
Not Available
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Not Available
New Zealand
Dialect 3
Not Available
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Not Available
New Zealand
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
New Zealand Maori
French Name
singhalais
maori
German Name
Singhalesisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Māori people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Polynesian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Maori
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese and Maori 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 Maori dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Maori language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Maori Dialects are spoken in different Maori speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Maori Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Maori dialects include: South Island Māori , Western North Island Maori. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Maori Speaking population
Sinhalese and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori 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 Maori on Sinhalese vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Maori Language Codes
Sinhalese and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.