Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malta
  
Jammu and Kashmir, 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 Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
su prabat
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
kripya
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
maltais
  
dogri
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Dogras
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1971
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Dogri Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maltese and Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Dogri language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Dogri Difficulty
The Maltese vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Dogri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maltese and Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.