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English and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Malta  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
South Africa  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Hello  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Good Morning  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Please  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Sorry  

Bye
Ċaw  
Bye  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
American English  

Where They Speak
Malta  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
-  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Malti  
English  

Alternative Names
Malti  
English  

French Name
maltais  
anglais  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
English people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard English  

Language Position
25  
23
3  
3

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
eng  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
eng  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
engs  

Glottocode
malt1254  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Maltese and English Speaking population

Maltese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Maltese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and English Language Codes

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

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