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Hindi vs Maltese


Maltese vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
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, Oceania   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
24   
14

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Ħello   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Skużani!   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
Not Available   

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Malti   

French Name
hindi   
maltais   

German Name
Hindi   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Maltese   

History

Origin
7th Century   
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 Hindi   
Maltese   

Language Position
5   
5
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
hin   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Hindi and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Maltese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Maltese Language History.

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

Hindi vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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