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Maltese vs Maithili


Maithili vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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   
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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

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   

History

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   
40   
31

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   
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   

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Maltese and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Maithili language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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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.

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