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Maltese and Finnish


Finnish and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Moi   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
haluta   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Ċaw   
Heippa   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Malti   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Suomi   

French Name
maltais   
finnois   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1543   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
North Abric   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
fin   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
finn1318   

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, Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and Finnish Speaking population

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

Maltese and Finnish Language Codes

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

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