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Maltese vs Bengali


Bengali vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Malta   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
Ċaw   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Malti   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
maltais   
bengali   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Abric   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
ben   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Maltese and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Bengali language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Bengali Language History.

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Maltese and Bengali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maltese and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Bengali language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Bengali Difficulty

The Maltese vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maltese and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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