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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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