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Maltese vs German


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Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Malta  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
hallo  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Danke  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
guten Morgen  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
bitte  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Ċaw  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Malti  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
maltais  
allemand  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
North Abric  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
ger  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
malt1254  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Maltese and German Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and German language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Maltese vs German Difficulty

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

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