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Maltese vs Irish


Irish vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Ireland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Not Available  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
le do thoil  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
Ċaw  
Slán  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Connacht  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Munster  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
1.79 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
Malti  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
maltais  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Irish people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 750  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Celtic  

Branch
North Abric  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
gle  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Maltese and Irish Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Irish language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Maltese vs Irish Difficulty

The Maltese vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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