Countries
European Union, Malta
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Malta
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ħello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Grazzi
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Kif int?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Skużani!
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Ċaw
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Malta
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malta
Olonets
Dialect 3
Not Present
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Not Available
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
Русский
Alternative Names
Malti
Russki
French Name
maltais
russe
German Name
Maltesisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Russians
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Branch
North Abric
Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
russ1263
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Maltese and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Russian Speaking population
Maltese and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Maltese vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Russian Language Codes
Maltese and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.