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Albanian and Maltese


Maltese and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Malta   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Ħello   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Ju lutem   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Me fal   
Skużani!   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Ċaw   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malti   

French Name
albanais   
maltais   

German Name
Albanisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Albanian 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 Albanian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Maltese Speaking population

Albanian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian and Maltese on Albanian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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