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Sinhalese vs Maltese


Maltese vs Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
54   
33
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
24   
14

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Ħello   

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!   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Qormi   

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
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   

History

Origin
3   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Maltese   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
sin   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Sinhalese and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Sinhalese vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Sinhalese and Maltese language. History of Sinhalese language states that this language originated in 3 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sinhalese and Maltese Language History.

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Sinhalese and Maltese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sinhalese and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Maltese language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sinhalese vs Maltese Difficulty

The Sinhalese vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sinhalese and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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