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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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