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Maltese and Konkani


Konkani and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Marathi   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Not Available   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Chike   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Maf kor   

Bye
Ċaw   
Adeus   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
maltais   
konkani   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
kok   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Konkani Speaking population

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Maltese and Konkani Language Codes

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