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Polish vs Maltese


Maltese vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
Malta   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Ħello   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
proszę   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Skużani!   

Bye
do widzenia   
Ċaw   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Malti   

French Name
polonais   
maltais   

German Name
Polnisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1270   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Western   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Maltese   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
pol   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Polish and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Maltese language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Polish and Maltese Language History.

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

Polish vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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