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Romanian and Maltese


Maltese and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Malta   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Latin   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Ħello   

Thank You
multumesc   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Vă Rog   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
scuze   
Skużani!   

Bye
La revedere   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Malti   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
maltais   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1521   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Maltese   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
ron   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Romanian and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Romanian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Maltese Speaking population

Romanian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Romanian and Maltese on Romanian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Maltese Language Codes

Romanian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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