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Turkish and Maltese


Maltese and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Ħello   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
günaydın   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
lütfen   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Skużani!   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Malti   

French Name
turc   
maltais   

German Name
Türkisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Maltese   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Semitic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Maltese   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
tur   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Turkish and Maltese Speaking population

Turkish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Maltese on Turkish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Maltese Language Codes

Turkish and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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