Maltese and Norwegian
Countries
European Union, Malta
Norway
National Language
Malta
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Nynorsk
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kif int?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
god natt
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
god morgen
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Vær så snill
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Skużi!
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Qormi
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Malta
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Malta
Sogn
Dialect 3
Not Present
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
-
Hallingdal, Valdres
Alternative Names
Malti
Norsk
French Name
maltais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Maltesisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Maltese
Norwegians
Origin
c. 1470
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
North Abric
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Maltese
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
malt1254
norw1258
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Maltese and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Norwegian Speaking population
Maltese and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Maltese vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Norwegian Language Codes
Maltese and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.