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Slovene vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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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Slovene and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Maltese language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Maltese Language History.

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Slovene 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 Slovene and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Maltese language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs Maltese Difficulty

The Slovene vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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