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Kazakh vs Maltese


Maltese vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Ħello   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
Skużani!   

Bye
bye   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Malti   

French Name
kazakh   
maltais   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Maltese   

History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Semitic   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Maltese   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
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
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Kazakh and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Maltese language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh and Maltese Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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