Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Malta
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Egun on
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
maltais
  
basque
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Basque people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Maltese and Basque Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maltese and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Basque language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Basque Difficulty
The Maltese vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maltese and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.