Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Malta
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Bos días
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
East Galicia
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
maltais
  
galicien
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Galician
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Galician 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 Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Galician language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Galician Difficulty
The Maltese vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.