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Finnish vs Maltese


Maltese vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Malta  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Not Available  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
13  
3
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Ħello  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
haluta  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Skużani!  

Bye
Heippa  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Malta  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Malta  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Malti  

French Name
finnois  
maltais  

German Name
Finnisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1543  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Semitic  

Branch
Finnic  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
fin  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Finnish and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Maltese language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Maltese Language History.

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

Finnish vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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