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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maltais
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Maltese and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Sanskrit language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Maltese vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.