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Maltese and Maithili


Maithili and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
pranam  

Thank You
Grazzi  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
kripaya  

Sorry
Skużani!  
maf karai  

Bye
Ċaw  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Malta  
North India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
-  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
maltais  
maithili  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Maithil  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
14th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
25  
23
40  
37

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
mai  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
mai  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
mai  

Glottocode
malt1254  
mait1250  

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

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Maltese and Maithili Speaking population

Maltese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Maltese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Maithili Language Codes

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

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