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Serbian and Maltese


Maltese and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Ħello   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Skużani!   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Malti   

French Name
serbe   
maltais   

German Name
Serbisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Maltese   

History

Origin
11th Century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Maltese   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
srp   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Maltese Speaking population

Serbian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available 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 Serbian and Maltese on Serbian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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