Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
- 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
Telugu
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Malti
  
French Name
kannada
  
maltais
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 450
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
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
  
Kannada and Maltese Speaking population
Kannada and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kannada and Maltese on Kannada vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kannada and Maltese Language Codes
Kannada and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kannada and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.