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Maltese vs Tulu


Tulu vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
24  
14
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
yedde kaande  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
Ċaw  
Barpe  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Tamil Nadu  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Tamil Nadu  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Tamil Nadu  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
maltais  
Not Available  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
14  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Tulu  

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  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Maltese and Tulu Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Tulu language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Tulu language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Tulu language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Tulu Language History.

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

Maltese vs Tulu Difficulty

The Maltese vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.

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