Countries
India, Pakistan
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
176
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2724
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Ħello
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Grazzi
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Kif int?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
مهربانی کر
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Skużani!
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Ċaw
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Qormi
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Malta
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Malta
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Not Present
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Malti
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Malti
French Name
kashmiri
maltais
German Name
Kaschmiri
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Maltese
Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri
Maltese
Language Position
2325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
kas
mlt
ISO 639 3
kas
mlt
ISO 639 6
kas
mlt
Glottocode
kash1277
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