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Maltese vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
Ċaw  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
North-East Belarus  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
South-West Belarus  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Middle Belarus  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.89 million  
26

Native Name
Malti  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
maltais  
biélorusse  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
18th century  

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  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Belarusian  

Language Position
Not Available  
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
bel  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
bel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Maltese and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Belarusian language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Belarusian Language History.

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Maltese and Belarusian 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 Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Belarusian language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Maltese vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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