Countries
European Union, Malta
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Malta
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Cuba
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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 the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
French Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2420
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ħello
Bonjou
Thank You
Grazzi
Mèsi
How Are You?
Kif int?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Bon apre-midi
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Souple
Sorry
Skużani!
Dezole
Bye
Ċaw
Babay
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Qormi
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Malta
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
520,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Malta
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
500,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
-
Cayes
How Many People Speak
500,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Malti
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
maltais
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Maltesisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Haitians
Origin
c. 1470
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Haitian Creole
Language Position
2599
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
hat
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
hat
ISO 639 3
mlt
hat
ISO 639 6
mlt
hat
Glottocode
malt1254
hait1244
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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