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Bulgarian and Maltese


Maltese and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bulgaria   
Malta   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Ħello   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Skużani!   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Malti   

French Name
bulgare   
maltais   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maltese   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Southern   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Maltese   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
bul   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Maltese Speaking population

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

Bulgarian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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