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Maltese and Oriya


Oriya and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
India  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
24  
14
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
Skużani!  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Ċaw  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Malti  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
maltais  
oriya  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Odias  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
3 BC  

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  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
25  
23
32  
30

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
ori  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
ori  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
ori  

Glottocode
malt1254  
macr1269  

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

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Maltese and Oriya Speaking population

Maltese and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Maltese vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Oriya Language Codes

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

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