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Macedonian and Maltese


Maltese and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Not Available  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
26  
16
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Ħello  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Skużani!  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Malta  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Malti  

French Name
macédonien  
maltais  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Maltese  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Semitic  

Branch
Southern  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Synthetic  

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

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Macedonian and Maltese Speaking population

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

Macedonian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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