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Turkish vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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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Turkish and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Maltese language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Maltese Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Maltese language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Maltese Difficulty

The Turkish vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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