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Kurdish and Maltese


Maltese and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
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
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Ħello   

Thank You
Sipas   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Skużani!   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malti   

French Name
kurde   
maltais   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Maltese   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
kur   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
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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All Kurdish and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Maltese Speaking population

Kurdish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Maltese on Kurdish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Maltese Language Codes

Kurdish and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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