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Maltese and Cantonese


Cantonese and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
您好   

Thank You
Grazzi   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
晚安   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
下午好   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
早上好   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
请   

Sorry
Skużani!   
遗憾   

Bye
Ċaw   
再见   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Malta   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Malti   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
maltais   
Not Available   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
17th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Cantonese Speaking population

Maltese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Maltese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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