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Maltese vs Turkish


Turkish vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Malta  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

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  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Grazzi  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
günaydın  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
lütfen  

Sorry
Skużani!  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Ċaw  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Malti  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
maltais  
turc  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Turkish  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Turkic  

Branch
North Abric  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
Not Available  
19  
17

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Maltese and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Turkish language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Maltese vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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