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Maltese and Macedonian


Macedonian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Skużani!  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Ċaw  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Macedonia  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
maltais  
macédonien  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
North Abric  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Macedonian  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
mac  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic  

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

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Maltese and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Maltese and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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