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Maltese vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Malta  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Not Available  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Halo  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
Ċaw  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Not present  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Not present  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
Malti  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
maltais  
espéranto  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1887  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Esperanto  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
epo  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Maltese and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Esperanto language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Maltese vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Maltese vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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