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Telugu vs Maltese


Maltese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Malta   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • 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
Tamil   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
24   
14

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
Ħello   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
Skużani!   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
170,000.00   
39
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million   
20
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan   
Malti   

French Name
télougou   
maltais   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Maltese   

History

Origin
c. 575   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Maltese   

Language Position
15   
14
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
tel   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
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
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Telugu and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Maltese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Telugu and Maltese Language History.

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Telugu and Maltese 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 Telugu and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Maltese language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Maltese Difficulty

The Telugu vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu Alphabets and Maltese 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 Telugu and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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