Countries
India
  
European Union, Malta
  
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
NA
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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 Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Malti
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
maltais
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Maltese
  
Origin
15
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
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
  
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Maltese language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Maltese Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.