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Filipino vs Maltese


Maltese vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Philippines   
Malta   

Second Language
Philippines   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
Ħello   

Thank You
Salamat   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
Kif int?   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Mangyaring   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
Skużani!   

Bye
Paalam   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Waray   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
Not Available   

Native Name
filipino   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Malti   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
maltais   

German Name
Pilipino   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maltese   

History

Origin
16th Century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Austronesian 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
Filipino   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
fil   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Filipino and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Maltese language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino and Maltese Language History.

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

Filipino vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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