Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.