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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Malta

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
National Council for the Maltese Language

Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Latin
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2130
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1624
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
Ħello

Thank You

grazie
Grazzi

How Are You?

Come stai?
Kif int?

Good Night

buonanotte
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

buonasera
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

buongiorno
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

Per Favore
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

scusate
Skużani!

Bye

arrivederci
Ċaw

I Love You

Ti amo
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Scusami
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Qormi

Where They Speak

Lazio
Malta

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Malta

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Not Present

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
-

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

152
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Malti

Alternative Names

Italiano
Malti

French Name

italien
maltais

German Name

Italienisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Italians
Maltese

History

Origin

960 BC
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Italian
Maltese

Language Position

2725
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

ita
mlt

ISO 639 3

ita
mlt

ISO 639 6

itas
mlt

Glottocode

ital1282
malt1254

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Italian and Maltese Alphabets

Italian and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Maltese. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Italian and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Maltese languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Maltese Speaking population

Italian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Maltese on Italian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Maltese Language Codes

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