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Maltese vs Konkani


Konkani vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
India  

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  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Marathi  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Not Available  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Chike  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Maf kor  

Bye
Ċaw  
Adeus  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Goa  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
maltais  
konkani  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
goan1235  

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 Konkani Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Konkani language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Maltese vs Konkani Difficulty

The Maltese vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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