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German and Maltese


Maltese and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Malta   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Ħello   

Thank You
Danke   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
bitte   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Skużani!   

Bye
Tschüs   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Malti   

French Name
allemand   
maltais   

German Name
Deutsch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Maltese   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Maltese   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All German and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of German and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Maltese Speaking population

German and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of German and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Maltese on German vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Maltese Language Codes

German and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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