1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malta
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Present
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.52 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Maltesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maltese
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology