Countries
European Union, Malta
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Malta
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Ħello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Grazzi
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kif int?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Skużani!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Malta
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Malta
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Malti
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
maltais
coréen
German Name
Maltesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Koreans
Origin
c. 1470
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Maltese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
kore1280
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Maltese and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Korean language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Korean Difficulty
The Maltese vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.