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Finnish and Maltese


Maltese and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Malta   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Ħello   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
haluta   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Skużani!   

Bye
Heippa   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Malti   

French Name
finnois   
maltais   

German Name
Finnisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1543   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Semitic   

Branch
Finnic   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
fin   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Finnish and Maltese Speaking population

Finnish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Finnish and Maltese on Finnish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Maltese Language Codes

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

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