Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Malta
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Malti
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
maltais
  
bengali
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available