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Maltese and Somali


Somali and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Malta   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Hello   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Skużani!   
sorry   

Bye
Ċaw   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
maltais   
somali   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Somalis   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
19th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Cushitic   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
som   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Somali Speaking population

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

Maltese and Somali Language Codes

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

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