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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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