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Maltese and Cebuano


Cebuano and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Hoy  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Palihug  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Ċaw  
Babay  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bohol  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Malta  
southern Leyte  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
northern part of Leyte  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
Malti  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
maltais  
cebuano  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
16th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
Not Available  
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Maltese and Cebuano Speaking population

Maltese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Maltese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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