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Maltese vs Slovene


Slovene vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Halo   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Prosim   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Oprostite   

Bye
Ċaw   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
maltais   
slovène   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
972-1093   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Slovene   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
slv   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Maltese and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Slovene language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Maltese vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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