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Maltese and Norwegian


Norwegian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
hallo   

Thank You
Grazzi   
takk   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
god natt   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
god morgen   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Skużani!   
unnskyld   

Bye
Ċaw   
ha det   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Norsk   

French Name
maltais   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
North Abric   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Maltese and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Maltese and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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