Countries
European Union, Malta
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Malta
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Grazzi
obrigado
How Are You?
Kif int?
Como você está?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
boa noite
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
boa Tarde
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
bom Dia
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Por Favor
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Skużi!
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Qormi
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Malta
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Malta
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Not Available
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
Português
Alternative Names
Malti
Português
French Name
maltais
portugais
German Name
Maltesisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
c. 1470
3rd Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Maltese
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
port1283
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Maltese and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Portuguese language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Maltese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.