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Maltese and German


German and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Malta   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
hallo   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Danke   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
guten Morgen   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
bitte   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Ċaw   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Malti   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
maltais   
allemand   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
North Abric   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
ger   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
malt1254   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and German Speaking population

Maltese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Maltese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and German Language Codes

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

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