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Danish vs Maltese


Maltese vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Ħello  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
God nat  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
God aften  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
God morgen  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Please  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Skużani!  

Bye
Farvel  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Malta  

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Malti  

French Name
danois  
maltais  

German Name
Dänisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Maltese  

History

Origin
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
dan  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Danish and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Maltese language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD 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 Danish and Maltese Language History.

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

Danish vs Maltese Difficulty

The Danish vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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