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Maltese

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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
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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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Roman Languages
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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

2420
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
Salama!

Thank You

Grazzi
Misaotra

How Are You?

Kif int?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Maraina tsara

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
azafady

Sorry

Skużani!
Miala tsiny

Bye

Ċaw
Veloma!

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Malta
Merina

How Many People Speak

520,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Malta
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

500,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

-
-

How Many People Speak

500,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

22
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Malti
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

maltais
malgache

German Name

Maltesisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Malagasy people

History

Origin

c. 1470
1000 AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Austronesian

Branch

North Abric
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maltese
standard Malagasy

Language Position

2584
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
mlg

ISO 639 3

mlt
mlg

ISO 639 6

mlt
mlg

Glottocode

malt1254
mala1537

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Maltese and Malagasy Alphabets

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

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

Maltese and Malagasy Speaking population

Maltese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Maltese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Malagasy Language Codes

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