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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Malta
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
Italian Language

Derived From

Roman Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3026
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2420
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
bonjour

Thank You

Grazzi
Merci

How Are You?

Kif int?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Bonjour

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Skużani!
désolé

Bye

Ċaw
au revoir

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Malta
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

520,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
African French

Where They Speak

Malta
Africa

How Many People Speak

500,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Swiss French

Where They Speak

-
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

500,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
français

Alternative Names

Malti
Français

French Name

maltais
français

German Name

Maltesisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Maltese
French people

History

Origin

c. 1470
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Abric
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Maltese
Standard French

Language Position

2513
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
fra

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
fre

ISO 639 3

mlt
fra

ISO 639 6

mlt
fras

Glottocode

malt1254
stan1290

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Maltese and French Alphabets

Maltese and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and French. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Maltese and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and French languages. The Maltese phonology consist Maltese vowels and Maltese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maltese greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and French Speaking population

Maltese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Maltese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and French Language Codes

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