1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malta
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ħello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Grazzi
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Kif int?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
Jekk jogħġbok
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
Skużani!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Skużi!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.52 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.52 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1470
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
North Abric
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maltese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology