Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
European Union, Malta
  
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 in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.