Countries
European Union, Malta
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Malta
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
German and English Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Grazzi
dankjewel
How Are You?
Kif int?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
goedemiddag
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
goedemorgen
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Ik hou van jou
Where They Speak
Malta
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Malta
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Not Available
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Malti
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
maltais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Maltesisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Dutch people
Origin
c. 1470
AD 450-500
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
North Abric
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
mode1257
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Maltese and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Dutch Speaking population
Maltese and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch 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 Dutch on Maltese vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Dutch Language Codes
Maltese and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.