Maltese and Cantonese
Countries
European Union, Malta
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Malta
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Chinese Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Kif int?
你好吗？
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
晚安
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
下午好
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
早上好
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
我爱你
Dialect 1
Qormi
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Malta
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Malta
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Not Present
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Malti
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
maltais
Not Available
German Name
Maltesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Not Available
Origin
c. 1470
17th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
mt
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mlt
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
cant1236
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Maltese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Cantonese Speaking population
Maltese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Maltese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Cantonese Language Codes
Maltese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.