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Gujarati and Maltese


Maltese and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Ħello  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Skużani!  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Malti  

French Name
goudjrati  
maltais  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Maltese  

History

Origin
15  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Maltese  

Language Position
23  
21
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
guj  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
guj  
mlt  

Glottocode
guja1252  
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
-  
Synthetic  

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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Maltese Speaking population

Gujarati and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Gujarati and Maltese on Gujarati vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Maltese Language Codes

Gujarati and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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