Countries
European Union, Malta
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Malta
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
French Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kif int?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Buenos Días
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Por Favor
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Qormi
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Malta
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Malta
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
Español
Alternative Names
Malti
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
maltais
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Maltesisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Maltese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
stan1288
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Maltese and Spanish Speaking population
Maltese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Maltese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Spanish Language Codes
Maltese and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.