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Maltese and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Skużani!   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Ċaw   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Malti   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
ukrainien   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1561   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Abric   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and Ukrainian Speaking population

Maltese and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Maltese vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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