Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
European Union, Malta
National Language
China, Taiwan
Malta
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
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Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Grazzi
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kif int?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Skużani!
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Skużi!
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Malta
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Malta
Dialect 3
Yue
Not Present
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Malti
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Malti
French Name
chinois
maltais
German Name
Chinesisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[mɔːltiːz]
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Maltese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
malt1254
Linguasphere
79-AAA
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Maltese Speaking population
Chinese and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Chinese and Maltese on Chinese vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Maltese Language Codes
Chinese and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.