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Maltese and Romanian


Romanian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Malta  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
alo  

Thank You
Grazzi  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Skużani!  
scuze  

Bye
Ċaw  
La revedere  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
-  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Română  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
maltais  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Romanians  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1521  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Romanian  

Language Position
25  
23
36  
33

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
rum  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
ron  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
ron  

Glottocode
malt1254  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Maltese and Romanian Speaking population

Maltese and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Maltese vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Romanian Language Codes

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

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