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Maltese and Serbian


Serbian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Malta   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Ċaw   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Montenegrin   

French Name
maltais   
serbe   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Serbs   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
11th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
srp   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Serbian Speaking population

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Maltese and Serbian Language Codes

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

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