Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Malta
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
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.
  
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Malti
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
maltais
  
télougou
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Telugu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
telu1262
  
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 Telugu 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 Telugu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Telugu language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Telugu word for "Thank You" is ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Telugu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Telugu Difficulty
The Maltese vs Telugu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Telugu 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 Telugu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Telugu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Telugu time required is 44 weeks.