Maltese and Japanese
Countries
European Union, Malta
Japan
National Language
Malta
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Korean Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Ħello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Grazzi
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Kif int?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Skużani!
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
Malta
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malta
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Not Present
Kansai
Where They Speak
Not Available
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Alternative Names
Malti
Not Available
French Name
maltais
japonais
German Name
Maltesisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Maltese
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
nucl1643
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Maltese and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Japanese Speaking population
Maltese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Maltese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Japanese Language Codes
Maltese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.