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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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