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Maltese and Ilocano


Ilocano and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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   
Commission on the Filipino Language   

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Not available   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
Ċaw   
Pakada   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
maltais   
ilocano   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
18th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
Not Available   
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Ilocano Speaking population

Maltese and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Maltese vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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