Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malta
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
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
Not Available
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Not Available
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3074
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2460
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
69
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Ħello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
Grazzi
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Kif int?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
zoo tav su
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
thov
Sorry
Skużani!
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Ċaw
-9999
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Skużi!
zam txim rau kuv
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Malta
Laos
How Many People Speak
NA310,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Malta
China
How Many People Speak
NA1,600,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Not Available
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.13 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million3.70 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
Hmong
Alternative Names
Malti
Mong
French Name
maltais
hmong
German Name
Maltesisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Hmong people
History
Origin
c. 1470
19
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Hmong
Language Position
NANA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mlt
hmv
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
firs1234
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