Countries
European Union, Malta
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Malta
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Malti
  
French Name
maltais
  
maltais
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Maltese
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
North Abric
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Maltese and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Maltese language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Maltese Difficulty
The Maltese vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.