Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
European Union, Malta
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malta
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Latin
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Grazzi
How Are You?
How are you?
Kif int?
Good Night
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
I love you
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Dialect 1
American English
Qormi
Where They Speak
United States of America
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not Present
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Malti
Alternative Names
Not Available
Malti
French Name
anglais
maltais
German Name
Englisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Maltese
Origin
5th Century AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
malt1254
Linguasphere
52-ABA
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic
English and Maltese Speaking population
English and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Maltese on English vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Maltese Language Codes
English and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
