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Maltese and Tagalog


Tagalog and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Kamusta   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
pakiusap   

Sorry
Skużani!   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
Ċaw   
Paálam   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Batangas, Gabon   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Malti   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
maltais   
tagalog   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1593   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Filipino   

Language Position
Not Available   
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Tagalog Speaking population

Maltese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Maltese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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