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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
European Union, Ireland
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Malta
Ireland
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Foras na Gaeilge
1.8 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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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30
Rank: 12 (Overall)
18
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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24
Rank: 14 (Overall)
13
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
36 weeks
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ħello
Dia dhuit
3.2 Thank You
Grazzi
Go raibh maith agat
3.3 How Are You?
Kif int?
Conas atá tú ?
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Oíche mhaith
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Tráthnóna maith duit
3.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Dia dhuit ar maidin
3.8 Please
Jekk jogħġbok
le do thoil
3.9 Sorry
Skużani!
Tá brón orm
3.10 Bye
Ċaw
Slán
3.11 I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Is breá liom thú
3.12 Excuse Me
Skużi!
Gabh mo leithscéal
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Qormi
Connacht Irish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malta
Connacht
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Żejtun
Munster Irish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malta
Munster
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Not Present
Ulster Irish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Ulster
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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0.52 million
Rank: 90 (Overall)
1.79 million
Rank: 81 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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0.52 million
Rank: 84 (Overall)
0.14 million
Rank: 88 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
1.65 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Malti
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
5.3.4 French Name
maltais
irlandais moyen
5.3.5 German Name
Maltesisch
Mittelirisch
5.4 Pronunciation
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[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
5.5 Ethnicity
Maltese
Irish people
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1470
c. 750
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Semitic
Celtic
6.2.2 Branch
North Abric
Goidelic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maltese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mt
ga
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mlt
gle
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mlt
gle
7.3 ISO 639 3
mlt
gle
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
malt1254
iris1253
7.6 Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
50-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional

Maltese and Irish Alphabets

Maltese and Irish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Irish. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Irish Alphabets there are 18 letters. To learn Maltese and Irish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Irish 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 Irish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Irish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Irish Speaking population

Maltese and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available. 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 Irish on Maltese vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Irish Language Codes

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

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