Countries
China, Mongolia
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malti
  
French Name
mongol
  
maltais
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Mongolian and Maltese 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 Mongolian and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Maltese language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Maltese Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian Alphabets and Maltese 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 Mongolian and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.