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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

27
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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.
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

Roman Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3021
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2416
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
ciao

Thank You

Grazzi
grazie

How Are You?

Kif int?
Come stai?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
buonanotte

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
buongiorno

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
Per Favore

Sorry

Skużani!
scusate

Bye

Ċaw
arrivederci

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Malta
Lazio

How Many People Speak

520,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Malta
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

500,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Tuscan

Where They Speak

-
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

500,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

215
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
Italiano

Alternative Names

Malti
Italiano

French Name

maltais
italien

German Name

Maltesisch
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Italians

History

Origin

c. 1470
960 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Abric
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maltese
Italian

Language Position

2527
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
ita

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
ita

ISO 639 3

mlt
ita

ISO 639 6

mlt
itas

Glottocode

malt1254
ital1282

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Maltese and Italian Alphabets

Maltese and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Italian. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Maltese and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Italian Speaking population

Maltese and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Maltese vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Italian Language Codes

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