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Hungarian and Maltese


Maltese and Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Malta  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
  • 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Ħello  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Kérlek  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
bocsi  
Skużani!  

Bye
viszlát  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Székely  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
Malti  

French Name
hongrois  
maltais  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Semitic  

Branch
Ugric  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Maltese  

Language Position
66  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
hun  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
hun  
mlt  

Glottocode
hung1274  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
ohu  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Hungarian and Maltese Speaking population

Hungarian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hungarian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Hungarian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 % 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 Hungarian and Maltese on Hungarian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hungarian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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