Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Malta
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ħello
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Grazzi
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kif int?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Skużani!
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Skużi!
Where They Speak
South Korea
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Żejtun
Where They Speak
South Korea
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not Present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Malti
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Malti
French Name
coréen
maltais
German Name
Koreanisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Maltese
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1470
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
malt1254
Linguasphere
45-AAA
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean 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 Korean and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Maltese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Maltese Difficulty
The Korean vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.