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Maltese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Malta   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
24   
14
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Ċaw   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Israel, kerala   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Malta   
India   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
Malti   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
maltais   
malayalam   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Malayali   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
9th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
mal   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
mala1464   

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   
Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and Malayalam Speaking population

Maltese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Maltese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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