Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Prosím
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Malti
  
French Name
slovaque
  
maltais
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Maltese
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Western
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Maltese language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Maltese Difficulty
The Slovak vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.