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Maltese vs Korean


Korean vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Bye
Ċaw  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Malta  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Malta  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

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  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Maltese and Korean Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Korean language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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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.

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