Countries
India, Nepal
European Union, Malta
National Language
Nepal
Malta
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Hindi
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Ħello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Grazzi
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Kif int?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
कृपया
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Skużani!
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Skużi!
Where They Speak
Nepal
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Żejtun
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Malta
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Not Present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Malti
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Malti
French Name
népalais
maltais
German Name
Nepali
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Maltese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
malt1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Nepali and Maltese 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 Nepali and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Maltese Speaking population
Nepali and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Nepali and Maltese on Nepali vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Maltese Language Codes
Nepali and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.