Countries
European Union, Malta
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Malta
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Not Available
  
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 is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Malti
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
maltais
  
madourais
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Madurese
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Maltese and Madurese 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 Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Madurese Speaking population
Maltese and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Maltese vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Madurese Language Codes
Maltese and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.