Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Malta
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Konkani Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3052
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2436
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ħello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Grazzi
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Kif int?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Skużani!
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Ċaw
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Malta
Kokan
How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Malta
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
242
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA1.10 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million68.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Malti
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
maltais
marathe
German Name
Maltesisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Marathi people
History
Origin
c. 1470
10th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Abric
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Maltese
Marathi
Language Position
NA17
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
mar
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
mar
ISO 639 3
mlt
mar
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
mara1378
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available