Countries
Philippines
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Malti
  
French Name
tagalog
  
maltais
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1593
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Maltese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Maltese Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.