Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Wales
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Powys
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.
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.