Countries
European Union, Malta
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Malta
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Italian Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kif int?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Bonjour
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Qormi
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Malta
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
African French
Where They Speak
Malta
Africa
Dialect 3
Not Present
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
français
Alternative Names
Malti
Français
French Name
maltais
français
German Name
Maltesisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Not Available
Origin
c. 1470
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
malt1254
stan1290
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Maltese and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and French language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs French Difficulty
The Maltese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.