Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malta
  
India, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
maltais
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
kash1277
  
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 Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Kashmiri language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Maltese vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.