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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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