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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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