Countries
European Union, Malta
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Malay language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Halo
Thank You
Grazzi
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Kif int?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Selamat Pagi
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Skużani!
maaf
Bye
Ċaw
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Permisi
Dialect 1
Qormi
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Malta
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
520,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Balinese
Where They Speak
Malta
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
500,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
-
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million163.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Malti
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
maltais
indonésien
German Name
Maltesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Indonesians
Origin
c. 1470
7th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indonesian
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Maltese
Indonesian
Language Position
2556
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
ind
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
ind
ISO 639 3
mlt
ind
ISO 639 6
mlt
ind
Glottocode
malt1254
indo1316
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative