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Maltese and Welsh


Welsh and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Wales  

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  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
English Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Helô  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Bore da  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Ċaw  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Powys  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Cymraeg  

French Name
maltais  
gallois  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Celtic  

Branch
North Abric  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
wel  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Maltese and Welsh Speaking population

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

Maltese and Welsh Language Codes

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

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