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Maltese and Croatian


Croatian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
Malta   
Austria   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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   
bok   

Thank You
Grazzi   
hvala   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
kako si   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
dobro jutro   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
molim   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Oprostite   

Bye
Ċaw   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Malti   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Hrvatski   

French Name
maltais   
croate   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Croats   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
9th 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   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
croa1245   

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   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and Croatian Speaking population

Maltese and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Maltese vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Croatian Language Codes

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

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