Somali and Maltese
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
European Union, Malta
National Language
Somalia
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Arabic Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Grazzi
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Kif int?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Evening Good
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Fadlan
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Qormi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Malta
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Malta
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Not Present
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
Malti
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Malti
French Name
somali
maltais
German Name
Somali
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Maltese
Origin
19th century
c. 1470
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Somali 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 Somali and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Maltese Speaking population
Somali and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali 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 Somali and Maltese on Somali vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Maltese Language Codes
Somali and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.