Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Philippines
  
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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Malti
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
maltais
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Maltese and Filipino 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 Filipino dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Filipino language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Filipino Dialects are spoken in different Filipino speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Filipino Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Filipino dialects include: Bikol , Hiligaynon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Filipino Speaking population
Maltese and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available. 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 Filipino on Maltese vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Filipino Language Codes
Maltese and Filipino language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Filipino Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.