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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Ħello
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Malti
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
maltais
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
15
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Gujarati language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Maltese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.