Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.