Countries
Fiji, India
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3324
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Ħello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Grazzi
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Kif int?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
Skużani!
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Ċaw
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Qormi
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Malta
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Malta
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Not Present
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
Malti
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Malti
French Name
hindi
maltais
German Name
Hindi
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Maltese
Origin
7th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Maltese
Language Position
525
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
hin
mlt
ISO 639 3
hin
mlt
ISO 639 6
hins
mlt
Glottocode
hind1269
malt1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic