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Maltese and Basque


Basque and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Spanish  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Egun on  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Barkatu  

Bye
Ċaw  
Agur  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
France  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Malta  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
maltais  
basque  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Basque people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Basque  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
baq  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Maltese and Basque Speaking population

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Maltese and Basque Language Codes

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