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Lithuanian and Maltese


Maltese and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Lithuania   
Malta   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Poland   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
Ħello   

Thank You
Ačiū   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Prašom   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
Skużani!   

Bye
Ate   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Malti   

French Name
lituanien   
maltais   

German Name
Litauisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Maltese   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Baltic   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
lit   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Lithuanian and Maltese Speaking population

Lithuanian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available 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 Lithuanian and Maltese on Lithuanian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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