Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Malta
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Malti
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
maltais
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Catalan language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Catalan Difficulty
The Maltese vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.