Countries
European Union, Malta
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Malta
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
bye
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
maltais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
kaza1248
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Maltese and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Kazakh language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Maltese vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.