Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Belarus, Poland
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.