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Maithili and Maltese


Maltese and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
Malta  

Second Language
Nepal  
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
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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
Bhojpuri Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Ħello  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
kripaya  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
maf karai  
Skużani!  

Bye
Alavidā  
Ċaw  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
North India  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Malti  

French Name
maithili  
maltais  

German Name
Maithili  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Maltese  

History

Origin
14th century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Maltese  

Language Position
40  
37
25  
23

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
mai  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
mai  
mlt  

Glottocode
mait1250  
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 Maithili 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 Maithili and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Maltese Speaking population

Maithili and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % 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 Maithili and Maltese on Maithili vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Maltese Language Codes

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

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