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 in
Alphabets
3049
18
247
👆🏻
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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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)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
220
0
188
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
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
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
-