Countries
European Union, Malta
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3048
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2436
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Ke aal aee
Thank You
Grazzi
dhanwaad
How Are You?
Kif int?
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
shub ratri
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
su prabat
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
kripya
Sorry
Skużani!
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
Ċaw
changa ji pher
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
Skużi!
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Qormi
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Malta
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
520,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Kullu
Where They Speak
Malta
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
500,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Hinduri
Where They Speak
-
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
500,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million4.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Malti
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
maltais
dogri
German Name
Maltesisch
Dogri
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Dogras
Origin
c. 1470
1971
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Dogri
Language Position
2532
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mt
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
doi
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
doi
ISO 639 3
mlt
doi
ISO 639 6
mlt
doi
Glottocode
malt1254
indo1311
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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