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Maltese vs Polish


Polish vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
cześć   

Thank You
Grazzi   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
proszę   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Ċaw   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Malti   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
maltais   
polonais   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Poles   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1270   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Abric   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
pol   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
malt1254   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Maltese and Polish Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Polish language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Maltese vs Polish Difficulty

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

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