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Maltese and Korean


Korean and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Malta   
North Korea, South Korea   

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   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Ċaw   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Malta   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Malta   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Malti   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
maltais   
coréen   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Koreans   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
kor   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maltese and Korean Speaking population

Maltese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Maltese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Korean Language Codes

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

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