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Macedonian vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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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Macedonian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Maltese language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Maltese Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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