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Maltese vs Slovak


Slovak vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Malta   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
24   
14
38   
27

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   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Prosím   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Pardón!   

Bye
Ċaw   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
maltais   
slovaque   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
6th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Abric   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
slo   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Maltese and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Slovak language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Maltese vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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