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Maltese vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
17  
14

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Maltese and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Kashmiri language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century. 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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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.

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