Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Malta
  
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 in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.