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German vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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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German and Maltese Language History

Comparison of German vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of German and Maltese language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Maltese Language History.

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

German vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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