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Javanese and Maltese


Maltese and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Indonesia   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Ħello   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Not Available   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Skużani!   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Malti   

French Name
javanais   
maltais   

German Name
Javanisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Maltese   

History

Origin
450 AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Maltese   

Language Position
11   
10
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
jav   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
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   

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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Maltese Speaking population

Javanese and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Maltese on Javanese vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Maltese Language Codes

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

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