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Santali and Maltese


Maltese and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Ħello   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Grazzi   

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

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

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

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Not Available   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Not Available   
Skużani!   

Bye
Not Available   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Not Available   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
India   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Malti   

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

French Name
santal   
maltais   

German Name
Santali   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Maltese   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
sat   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Santali and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Santali and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Maltese Speaking population

Santali and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Santali and Maltese on Santali vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Maltese Language Codes

Santali and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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