Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Malta
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
University of Sarajevo
  
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.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maltais
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Bosnian
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Maltese and Bosnian 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 Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Bosnian Speaking population
Maltese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian 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 Bosnian on Maltese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Bosnian Language Codes
Maltese and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.