Countries
European Union, Malta
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
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Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
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Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3045
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
620
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2425
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
नमस्कार
Thank You
Grazzi
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Kif int?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Skużani!
दु:खित
Bye
Ċaw
Lwrbw
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Qormi
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Malta
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
520,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Malta
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
-
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Malti
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
maltais
bodo
German Name
Maltesisch
Bodo
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
c. 1470
1913
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
North Abric
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Maltese
-
Language Position
2530
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
brx
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
brx
ISO 639 3
mlt
brx
ISO 639 6
mlt
brx
Glottocode
malt1254
bodo1269
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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