Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.