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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malta

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe

Minority Language

South Africa
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

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National Council for the Maltese Language

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Latin
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2630
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Ħello

Thank You

Thank you
Grazzi

How Are You?

How are you?
Kif int?

Good Night

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

Please
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

Sorry
Skużani!

Bye

Bye
Ċaw

I Love You

I love you
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Qormi

Where They Speak

United States of America
Malta

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Malta

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Not Present

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
-

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1882
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Malti

Alternative Names

English
Malti

French Name

anglais
maltais

German Name

Englisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

English people
Maltese

History

Origin

5th Century AD
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

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Semitic

Branch

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North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Maltese

Language Position

325
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

eng
mlt

ISO 639 3

eng
mlt

ISO 639 6

engs
mlt

Glottocode

stan1293
malt1254

Linguasphere

52-ABA
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic

English and Maltese Alphabets

English and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Maltese. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn English and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Maltese languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Maltese Speaking population

English and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Maltese on English vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Maltese Language Codes

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