Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy 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
Not Available
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
azafady
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Malti
  
French Name
malgache
  
maltais
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Maltese language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Maltese Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.