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Maltese and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Ċaw  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
-  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Balgarski  

French Name
maltais  
bulgare  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
North Abric  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
25  
23
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
bul  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
bul  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
buls  

Glottocode
malt1254  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Maltese and Bulgarian Speaking population

Maltese and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Maltese and Bulgarian on Maltese vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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