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Slovene and Maltese


Maltese and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Malta   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Ħello   

Thank You
Hvala   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Prosim   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Skużani!   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Resian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Not available   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Malti   

French Name
slovène   
maltais   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Maltese   

History

Origin
972-1093   
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
Slovene   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
slv   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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

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Slovene and Maltese Speaking population

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

Slovene and Maltese Language Codes

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

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