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Swedish and Maltese


Maltese and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
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   

History

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
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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