Countries
European Union, Malta
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.