Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
vänligen
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
hej då
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Malti
  
French Name
suédois
  
maltais
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Maltese
  
Origin
13th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
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
  
Swedish and Maltese Speaking population
Swedish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Maltese on Swedish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Maltese Language Codes
Swedish and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.