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Maltese vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.74 %   
24

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   

History

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   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Maltese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Gujarati language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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