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Maltese vs Oriya


Oriya 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  
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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
24  
14
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Not Available  

Sorry
Skużani!  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Ċaw  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Native Name
Malti  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
maltais  
oriya  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Odias  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
3 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Abric  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
Not Available  
32  
26

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
ori  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
macr1269  

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 Oriya Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Oriya language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC. 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 Oriya Language History.

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

Maltese vs Oriya Difficulty

The Maltese vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.

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