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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Māori Language Commission
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Tahitian Language
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
20
Rank: 2 (Overall)
54
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
18
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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10
Rank: 2 (Overall)
36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
3.2 Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
Night pai
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
pai ahiahi
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
Morning pai
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
Tēnā
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
Aroha mai
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
poroporoaki
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
tukua ahau
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Vedda
4.1.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Not Available
4.2.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
New Zealand
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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0.18 million
Rank: 91 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.25 %
Rank: 41 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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0.18 million
Rank: 86 (Overall)
16.00 million
Rank: 39 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
2.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
te Reo Māori
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
maori
singhalais
5.3.5 German Name
Maori-Sprache
Singhalesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Māori people
Sinhalese people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1814
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6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Polynesian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maori
Modern Sinhalese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
70
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mi
si
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mri
sin
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mao
sin
7.3 ISO 639 3
mri
sin
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
maor1246
sinh1246
7.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional

Maori and Sinhalese Alphabets

Maori and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maori and Sinhalese. In Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Maori and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maori and Sinhalese languages. The Maori phonology consist Maori vowels and Maori consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maori greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maori and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

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.

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