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Maltese and Nepali


Nepali and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Hindi   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
कृपया   

Sorry
Skużani!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Ċaw   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Malta   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Malti   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
maltais   
népalais   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
19 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Abric   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
nep   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maltese and Nepali Speaking population

Maltese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Maltese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Nepali Language Codes

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

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