Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India
  
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
  
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.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
maltais
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
14
  
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 forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Tulu
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
tulu1258
  
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
  
Not Available
  
All Maltese and Tulu 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 Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Tulu Speaking population
Maltese and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Tulu on Maltese vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Tulu Language Codes
Maltese and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.