Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
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
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
- 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
Bhojpuri Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
kripaya
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Malti
  
French Name
maithili
  
maltais
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Maltese
  
Origin
14th century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
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
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maithili 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 Maithili and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Maltese language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Maltese Difficulty
The Maithili vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili 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 Maithili and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.