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Maltese and Nepali


Nepali and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Hindi  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
कृपया  

Sorry
Skużani!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Ċaw  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
maltais  
népalais  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
19 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Abric  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Nepali  

Language Position
25  
23
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
npi  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
nep  

Glottocode
malt1254  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Maltese and Nepali Speaking population

Maltese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Maltese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Nepali Language Codes

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

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