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Maltese vs 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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Russian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Maltese language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Maltese Language History.

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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.

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