1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malta
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bona nit
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bona nit
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Bona tarda
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malta
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.52 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.52 million4.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
maltais
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
North Abric
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Catalan
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology