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Maltese and English


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
33  
2
2  
13

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
-  
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
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
30 weeks  
10

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
225,000,000.00  
4
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
0.50 million  
99+

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
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
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
3  
3
25  
23

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  

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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.

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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.

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