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Maltese vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Skużani!   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Ċaw   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Malti   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
ukrainien   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1561   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Abric   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Maltese and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Ukrainian language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Maltese vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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