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Maltese
Maltese

Kannada
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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
India, Karnataka, India

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Karnataka, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka

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.
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
Telugu

Derived From

Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3049
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

614
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2435
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kannada Script

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)

Thank You

Grazzi
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)

How Are You?

Kif int?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)

Sorry

Skużani!
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)

Bye

Ċaw
ಬೈ (Bai)

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)

Excuse Me

Skużi!
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Badaga

Where They Speak

Malta
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris

How Many People Speak

520,000.00540,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Urali

Where They Speak

Malta
kerala

How Many People Speak

500,000.006,440.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Kurumba

Where They Speak

-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

500,000.00220,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

220
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million49.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

Alternative Names

Malti
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi

French Name

maltais
kannada

German Name

Maltesisch
Kannada

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Kannadiga

History

Origin

c. 1470
c. 450

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
-

Branch

North Abric
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada

Standard Forms

Maltese
Modern Kannada

Language Position

2531
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
kn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
kan

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
kan

ISO 639 3

mlt
kan

ISO 639 6

mlt
kan

Glottocode

malt1254
nucl1305

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
-

Maltese and Kannada Alphabets

Maltese and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Kannada. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Maltese and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Kannada languages. The Maltese phonology consist Maltese vowels and Maltese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maltese greetings vs Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Kannada Speaking population

Maltese and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Maltese and Kannada on Maltese vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Kannada Language Codes

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