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Maltese and Kurdish


Kurdish and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Middle East   

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Silaw   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Evare baş   

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

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Bibûre   

Bye
Ċaw   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Northern Kurdish   

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

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

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Eastern Iraq   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Malti   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
kurde   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Kurds   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
kur   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
58-AAA-a   

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

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Maltese and Kurdish Speaking population

Maltese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Maltese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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