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Greek vs Maltese


Maltese vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Malta  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Latin  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Ħello  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Skużani!  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Malti  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
maltais  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Maltese  

Language Position
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
ell  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Greek and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Maltese language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Maltese Language History.

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

Greek vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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