Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Malta
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Malti
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
maltais
  
kannada
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
nucl1305
  
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
  
Maltese and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Kannada language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Kannada Difficulty
The Maltese vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.