Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
European Union, Malta
  
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 in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Romanian 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 Romanian and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Maltese language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Maltese Difficulty
The Romanian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.