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Dutch and Maltese


Maltese and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Malta   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Ħello   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
sorry   
Skużani!   

Bye
vaarwel   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Malti   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
maltais   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Maltese   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Maltese   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
nld   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Dutch and Maltese Speaking population

Dutch and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Maltese on Dutch vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Maltese Language Codes

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

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