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Maltese and Khasi


Khasi and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
-  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Kumno  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
khublei  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Map  

Bye
Ċaw  
khublei  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Malta  
-  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Malta  
-  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
maltais  
khasi  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Khasi  

Language Position
25  
23
40  
37

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
kha  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
kha  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
kha  

Glottocode
malt1254  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Maltese and Khasi Speaking population

Maltese and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Maltese vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Khasi Language Codes

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

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