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Maltese and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Ċaw   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Balgarski   

French Name
maltais   
bulgare   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
9th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Abric   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
bul   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
malt1254   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Bulgarian Speaking population

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Maltese and Bulgarian Language Codes

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