Maltese and Finnish
Countries
European Union, Malta
European Union, Finland
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Qormi
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Malta
Finland
Where They Speak
Malta
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Not Present
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
North Abric
Finnic
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Maltese
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
finn1318
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.
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.
