Countries
Japan
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9930
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1424
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Ħello
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Grazzi
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kif int?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Skużani!
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Ċaw
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Qormi
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Malta
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Malta
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Not Present
Where They Speak
kansai
-
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Malti
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Malti
French Name
japonais
maltais
German Name
Japanisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Maltese
Origin
1185
c. 1470
Language Family
Japonic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Maltese
Language Position
825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
mlt
ISO 639 3
jpn
mlt
ISO 639 6
jpn
mlt
Glottocode
nucl1643
malt1254
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
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