Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
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
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
- 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 Urdu Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Not Available
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Malti
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
maltais
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Maltese
  
Origin
12th 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
Kashmiri
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
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
  
Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Maltese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Maltese Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.