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Russian and Maltese


Maltese and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Malta   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Ħello   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Skużani!   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Malti   

French Name
russe   
maltais   

German Name
Russisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Eastern   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Maltese   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
rus   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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All Russian 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 Russian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Maltese Speaking population

Russian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Maltese on Russian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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