Countries
European Union, Malta
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
0
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.