Countries
European Union, Malta
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Malta
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Romanian
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Grazzi
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kif int?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
mirëdita
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
mirëmengjes
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Ju lutem
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Më falni
Dialect 1
Qormi
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Malta
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Malta
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Not Available
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Malti
Not Available
French Name
maltais
albanais
German Name
Maltesisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Albanians
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Albanian
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
alba1267
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Maltese and Albanian 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 Maltese and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Albanian Speaking population
Maltese and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Maltese and Albanian on Maltese vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Albanian Language Codes
Maltese and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.