Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Malta
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ħello
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Malti
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
maltais
  
maithili
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Maithil
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
mait1250
  
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
  
Maltese and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Maithili language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Maithili Difficulty
The Maltese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.