Maltese and Chinese
Countries
European Union, Malta
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Malta
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
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Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Grazzi
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kif int?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Skużani!
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
Malta
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malta
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Yue
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Malti
Not Available
French Name
maltais
chinois
German Name
Maltesisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
North Abric
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
malt1254
sini1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Maltese and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Chinese Speaking population
Maltese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Maltese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Chinese Language Codes
Maltese and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.