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Romanian vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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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Romanian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Maltese language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Maltese Language History.

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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.

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