Countries
European Union, Malta
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
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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Hello
Ħello
Kia ora
Thank You
Grazzi
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Kif int?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Kia ora
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
gafare
Sorry
Skużani!
gafare
Bye
Ċaw
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Qormi
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Malta
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
520,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Saremde
Where They Speak
Malta
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
500,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Taolende
Where They Speak
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Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
500,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.52 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.52 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
Mosse
Alternative Names
Malti
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
maltais
moré
German Name
Maltesisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Mossi
Origin
c. 1470
11th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Western Sudanic
Branch
North Abric
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Mossi
Language Position
2537
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
mos
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
mos
ISO 639 3
mlt
mos
ISO 639 6
mlt
mos
Glottocode
malt1254
moss1236
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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