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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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