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Maltese Language



Countries
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Countries
European Union, Malta 0

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Malta 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Europe 0

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America 0

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language 0

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.
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Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects 0

Derived From
Roman Languages 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
30 12

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
6 3

How Many Consonants
24 14

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Not Available 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks 9

Greetings
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Hello
Ħello 0

Thank You
Grazzi 0

How Are You?
Kif int? 0

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba 0

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba 0

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb 0

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba 0

Please
Jekk jogħġbok 0

Sorry
Skużani! 0

Bye
Ċaw 0

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna 0

Excuse Me
Skużi! 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Qormi 0

Where They Speak
Malta 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Żejtun 0

Where They Speak
Malta 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Not Present 0

Where They Speak
Not Available 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
2 2

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
0.52 million 90

Speaking Population
Not Available 0

Native Speakers
0.52 million 84

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
Malti 0

Alternative Names
Malti 0

French Name
maltais 0

German Name
Maltesisch 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Maltese 0

History
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Origin
c. 1470 0

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family 0

Subgroup
Semitic 0

Branch
North Abric 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Maltese 0

Language Position
Not Available 0

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
mt 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
mlt 0

ISO 639 2/B
mlt 0

ISO 639 3
mlt 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
malt1254 0

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic 0

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Origin of Maltese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Maltese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Maltese language states that it was put to use in c. 1470. The history of Maltese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Maltese Language History. Maltese has no early forms. Maltese is the standard form of Maltese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Maltese Language.

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Maltese population

Maltese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Maltese language. Maltese language is spoken by 0.52 million people in the world. Most of the Maltese population lies in the Maltese Speaking Countries. Maltese language is spoken as first language by 0.52 million people and no total count of people speaking Maltese as second language. Get to know Maltese speaking population in detail.

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Maltese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Maltese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Maltese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Maltese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Maltese language

Check out all the information about Maltese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Maltese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Maltese Speaking Countries, Maltese speaking continents and Maltese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Maltese countries knowing common Maltese Greetings will help you in communicating with Maltese people.

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