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Maltese and Estonian


Estonian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Estonia, Gambia   

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   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Finnish   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Tere   

Thank You
Grazzi   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Palun   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Vabandust   

Bye
Ċaw   
Head aega   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Eesti keel   

French Name
maltais   
estonien   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Estonians   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
13th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
North Abric   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
est   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maltese and Estonian Speaking population

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Maltese and Estonian Language Codes

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