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Maltese and Malaysian


Malaysian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Malta   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Thailand   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Hai   

Thank You
Grazzi   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
sila   

Sorry
Skużani!   
maaf   

Bye
Ċaw   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Malti   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
malais   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
may   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maltese and Malaysian Speaking population

Maltese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Maltese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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