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 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 English and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Maltese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common English Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Maltese Difficulty
The English vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.