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Tulu vs Maltese


Maltese vs Tulu


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
Not Available   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
  • 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
Kannada Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
35   
25
24   
14

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Namaskara   
Ħello   

Thank You
Mast Upakara.   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
yedde rathre   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
yedde baiyya   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
yedde kaande   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Daya maltadu   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu   
Skużani!   

Bye
Barpe   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Kshamisi   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Jain   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Girijan   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Tulu   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   
Malti   

French Name
Not Available   
maltais   

German Name
Not Available   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tuluva   
Maltese   

History

Origin
14   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Tulu   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
tcy   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
tulu1258   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Tulu and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Tulu vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Tulu and Maltese language. History of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14 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 Tulu and Maltese Language History.

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

Tulu vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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