Countries
European Union, Malta
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Kazakh language agency
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3024
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Grazzi
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Kif int?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Skużani!
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Ċaw
bye
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Malta
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
520,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Malta
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
500,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
-
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
500,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.52 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Malti
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
maltais
kazakh
German Name
Maltesisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Kazahks
Origin
c. 1470
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Turkic
Branch
North Abric
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Kazakh
Language Position
2593
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
kaz
ISO 639 3
mlt
kaz
ISO 639 6
mlt
kaz
Glottocode
malt1254
kaza1248
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative