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Igbo and Maltese


Maltese and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Ħello  

Thank You
dalụ  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Kif int?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Biko  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Ndo  
Skużani!  

Bye
Kachifo  
Ċaw  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Malti  

French Name
igbo  
maltais  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Maltese  

Language Position
57  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
mlt  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Igbo and Maltese Speaking population

Igbo and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Maltese on Igbo vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Maltese Language Codes

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

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