Estonian and Maltese
Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Malta
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
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Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Kif int?
Good Night
Head ööd
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Palun
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Qormi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Malta
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Malta
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Not Present
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
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Native Name
eesti keel
Malti
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Malti
French Name
estonien
maltais
German Name
Estnisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Maltese
Origin
13th century
c. 1470
Language Family
Uralic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Semitic
Branch
Finnic
North Abric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Maltese
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Estonian 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 Estonian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Maltese Speaking population
Estonian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Maltese on Estonian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Maltese Language Codes
Estonian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.