Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
European Union, Malta
National Language
Germany
Malta
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Kif int?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
guten Abend
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
guten Morgen
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
bitte
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Verzeihung
Skużani!
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Qormi
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Malta
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Germany
Malta
Dialect 3
Texas German
Not Present
Native Name
Deutsch
Malti
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Malti
French Name
allemand
maltais
German Name
Deutsch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Germans
Maltese
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Branch
Western
North Abric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Maltese
Signed Forms
Signed German
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
malt1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All German 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 German and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of German and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Maltese Speaking population
German and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of German and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Maltese on German vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Maltese Language Codes
German and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.