Countries
European Union, Malta
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Malta
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Armenian
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ħello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Grazzi
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kif int?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Skużani!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Malta
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malta
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Malti
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
maltais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Maltesisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Hellenic
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Maltese
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
malt1254
gree1276
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Maltese and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Greek Speaking population
Maltese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Maltese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Greek Language Codes
Maltese and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.