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Kashmiri vs Maltese


Maltese vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Kashmiri and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Maltese language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri and Maltese Language History.

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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.

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