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Maltese vs Japanese


Japanese vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Skużani!  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Ċaw  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Malti  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Not Available  

French Name
maltais  
japonais  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1185  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Maltese and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Japanese language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Maltese vs Japanese Difficulty

The Maltese vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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