Maltese and Sinhalese
Countries
European Union, Malta
Sri Lanka
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 in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Malta
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Dialect 3
Not Present
Up-Country Sinhalese
Native Name
Malti
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Malti
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
maltais
singhalais
German Name
Maltesisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Maltese
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
malt1254
sinh1246
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
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 , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
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 0.02 % 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
Maltese and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.