Countries
European Union, Malta
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Malta
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
South Africa
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Not Available
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Grazzi
Thank you
How Are You?
Kif int?
How are you?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Night
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Good Morning
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Please
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
I love you
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Qormi
American English
Where They Speak
Malta
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Malta
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
English
Alternative Names
Malti
Not Available
French Name
maltais
anglais
German Name
Maltesisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Maltese
Not Available
Origin
c. 1470
5th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
malt1254
stan1293
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Maltese and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and English language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs English Difficulty
The Maltese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.