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Dogri vs Maltese


Maltese vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, 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 Available  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
  • 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 and Punjabi Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Ħello  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Kif int?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
su prabat  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
kripya  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
Skużani!  

Bye
changa ji pher  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
डोगरी  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Malti  

French Name
dogri  
maltais  

German Name
Dogri  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1971  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Dogri  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
doi  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1311  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Dogri and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Maltese language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 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 Dogri and Maltese Language History.

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

Dogri vs Maltese Difficulty

The Dogri vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri 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 Dogri and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is Not Available while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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