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Khasi and Maltese


Maltese and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Malta  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
-  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
24  
14

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Ħello  

Thank You
Khublei  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
khublei  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Sngewbha  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Map  
Skużani!  

Bye
khublei  
Ċaw  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
-  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
-  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Malti  

French Name
khasi  
maltais  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Maltese  

Language Position
40  
37
25  
23

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
kha  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
kha  
mlt  

Glottocode
khas1269  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Khasi and Maltese Speaking population

Khasi and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Maltese on Khasi vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Maltese Language Codes

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

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