Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Malta
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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!
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Qormi
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Olonets
Malta
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Not Present
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Eastern
North Abric
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
malt1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Russian 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 Russian and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Maltese language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Maltese Difficulty
The Russian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.