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Maltese and Kannada


Kannada and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

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.
  
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Telugu   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
14   
11

How Many Consonants
24   
14
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
Ċaw   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Malta   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Malti   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
maltais   
kannada   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Kannadiga   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
c. 450   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
Not Available   
31   
25

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
kan   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Maltese and Kannada 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 Maltese and Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Kannada Speaking population

Maltese and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Maltese and Kannada on Maltese vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Kannada Language Codes

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

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