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Maltese vs Santali


Santali vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Not Available   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Not Available   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Not Available   

Bye
Ċaw   
Not Available   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Malta   
India   

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
2   
2
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
maltais   
santal   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
20th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Santali   

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   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
sat   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
sant1410   

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 Santali Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Santali language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Santali Language History.

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

Maltese vs Santali Difficulty

The Maltese vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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