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Malaysian and Maltese


Maltese and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Malaysia   
Malta   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Ħello   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
sila   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
maaf   
Skużani!   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malti   

French Name
malais   
maltais   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maltese   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Maltese   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Malaysian and Maltese Speaking population

Malaysian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Maltese on Malaysian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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