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Maltese and Marathi


Marathi and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Malta   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.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   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Ċaw   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
Malti   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
maltais   
marathe   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
10th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Abric   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Marathi   

Language Position
Not Available   
17   
15

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
mar   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
omr   

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

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Maltese and Marathi Speaking population

Maltese and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Maltese vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Marathi Language Codes

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

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