Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.