Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Apache Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2434
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ħello
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Grazzi
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Kif int?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Skużani!
Nízhdził
Bye
Ċaw
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Shoohá
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Malta
Arizona
How Many People Speak
520,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Malta
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
500,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Navajo3
Where They Speak
-
Utah
How Many People Speak
500,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Malti
Navaho
French Name
maltais
navaho
German Name
Maltesisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Navajo people
History
Origin
c. 1470
1500 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Athapascan
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Navajo
Language Position
2529
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
nav
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
nav
ISO 639 3
mlt
nav
ISO 639 6
mlt
nav
Glottocode
malt1254
nava1243
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic