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Oriya and Maltese


Maltese and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Bengali and Assamese  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
24  
14

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
Ħello  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
Grazzi  

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

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

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

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

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

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
Skużani!  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
Ċaw  

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

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
India  
Malta  

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

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
India  
Malta  

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

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
Malti  

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

French Name
oriya  
maltais  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Maltese  

History

Origin
3 BC  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Maltese  

Language Position
32  
30
25  
23

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
ori  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
ori  
mlt  

Glottocode
macr1269  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

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

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Oriya and Maltese Speaking population

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

Oriya and Maltese Language Codes

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

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