Countries
European Union, Malta
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malta
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
617
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Grazzi
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Kif int?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Hach ch'i
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Skużani!
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Ċaw
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Skużi!
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Malta
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
520,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Poguli
Where They Speak
Malta
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Rambani
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
500,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.52 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Malti
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
maltais
kashmiri
German Name
Maltesisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
c. 1470
12th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Abric
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Kashmiri
Language Position
2523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
kas
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
kas
ISO 639 3
mlt
kas
ISO 639 6
mlt
kas
Glottocode
malt1254
kash1277
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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