Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3027
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2423
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ħello
Hola
Thank You
Grazzi
Gràcies
How Are You?
Kif int?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bona nit
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Bona tarda
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Bon dia
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Sisplau
Sorry
Skużani!
Perdó!
Bye
Ċaw
Adéu
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Caló
Where They Speak
Malta
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
520,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Valencian
Where They Speak
Malta
Spain
How Many People Speak
500,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
-
Spain
How Many People Speak
500,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million9.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
català
Alternative Names
Malti
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
maltais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Maltesisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Maltese
Catalan people
History
Origin
c. 1470
c. 1028
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Romance
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
2532
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
cat
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
cat
ISO 639 3
mlt
cat
ISO 639 6
mlt
cat
Glottocode
malt1254
stan1289
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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