Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
European Union, Malta
National Language
Portugal
Malta
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Latin
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Grazzi
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kif int?
Good Night
boa noite
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
boa Noite
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
bom Dia
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Por Favor
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
Eu te amo
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Qormi
Where They Speak
Brazil
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Portugal
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not Present
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Malti
Alternative Names
Português
Malti
French Name
portugais
maltais
German Name
Portugiesisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Maltese
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
malt1254
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Maltese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Maltese Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.