Countries
European Union, Malta
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Malta
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maltais
  
mongol
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Mongolian language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Maltese vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.