Home
Languagevs


Maltese vs Italian


Italian vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Malta  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
ciao  

Thank You
Grazzi  
grazie  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
buongiorno  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Skużani!  
scusate  

Bye
Ċaw  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Malti  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Italiano  

French Name
maltais  
italien  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Italians  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
960 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Romance  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Italian  

Language Position
Not Available  
27  
23

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
ita  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
malt1254  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Maltese and Italian Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Italian language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Maltese vs Italian Difficulty

The Maltese vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages