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Maltese vs Khasi


Khasi vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Not Available   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Kumno   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
khublei   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Map   

Bye
Ċaw   
khublei   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
maltais   
khasi   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
Not Available   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Khasi   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
kha   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
khas1269   

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   
Not Available   

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Maltese and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Khasi language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available. 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 Khasi Language History.

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Maltese and Khasi 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 Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Khasi language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Khasi Difficulty

The Maltese vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.

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