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Maltese vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Maltese and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Kazakh language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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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.

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