Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Malta
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Malti
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
maltais
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1593
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Tagalog language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Maltese vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.