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Croatian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
Malta   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
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
bok   
Ħello   

Thank You
hvala   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
kako si   
Kif int?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
molim   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Skużani!   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Volim te   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Malti   

French Name
croate   
maltais   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Maltese   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Maltese   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Croatian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Maltese language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Croatian and Maltese Language History.

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

Croatian vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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