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Maltese

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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Galicia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

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.
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
Portuguese Language

Derived From

Roman Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3023
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2419
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
Ola

Thank You

Grazzi
Grazas

How Are You?

Kif int?
Que tal estás?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Boas noites

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Boa tarde

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Bos días

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
Por favor

Sorry

Skużani!
Síntoo!

Bye

Ċaw
Adeus

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Ámote

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

Malta
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

520,000.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Central Galician

Where They Speak

Malta
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

500,000.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Western Galician

Where They Speak

-
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

500,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

23
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
Galego

Alternative Names

Malti
Galego, Gallego

French Name

maltais
galicien

German Name

Maltesisch
Galicisch

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[ɡaˈleɣo]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Galician people

History

Origin

c. 1470
c. 1175

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
-

Branch

North Abric
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Maltese
Galician

Language Position

2546
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Galician Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
glg

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
glg

ISO 639 3

mlt
glg

ISO 639 6

mlt
glg

Glottocode

malt1254
gali1258

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
-

Maltese and Galician Alphabets

Maltese and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Galician. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Maltese and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Galician 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 Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Galician Speaking population

Maltese and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Galician on Maltese vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Galician Language Codes

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