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Kazakh vs Maltese


Maltese vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Ħello  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Skużani!  

Bye
bye  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
-  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Malti  

French Name
kazakh  
maltais  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Maltese  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Semitic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Maltese  

Language Position
93  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
mlt  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Kazakh and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Maltese language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century 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 Kazakh and Maltese Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Maltese Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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