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Maltese and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
17  
14

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Maltese and Kashmiri Speaking population

Maltese and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 %. 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 Kashmiri on Maltese vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Kashmiri Language Codes

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

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