Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
European Union, Malta
National Language
France
Malta
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Latin
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Kif int?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
bonsoir
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Bonjour
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
S'il vous plaît
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
Je t'aime
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Qormi
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Africa
Malta
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Not Present
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
Malti
Alternative Names
Français
Malti
French Name
français
maltais
German Name
Französisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Maltese
Origin
9th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
malt1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
French 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 French and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Maltese language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common French Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Maltese Difficulty
The French vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.