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Gujarati vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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
NA   
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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
30 weeks   
9

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   

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Żejtun   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

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 %   
24
Not Available   

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Malti   

French Name
goudjrati   
maltais   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

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   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Gujarati and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Gujarati vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Gujarati and Maltese language. History of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15 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 Gujarati and Maltese Language History.

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Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Maltese language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Gujarati vs Maltese Difficulty

The Gujarati vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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