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Maltese vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Lithuania  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Latvian  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Labas rytas  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Prašom  

Sorry
Skużani!  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Ċaw  
Ate  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
maltais  
lituanien  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
lit  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Maltese and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Lithuanian language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

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

Maltese vs Lithuanian Difficulty

The Maltese vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.

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