Countries
European Union, Malta
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Malta
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ħello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Grazzi
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Kif int?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Skużani!
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Ċaw
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Malta
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Malta
Serbia
Dialect 3
Not Present
Torlakian
Where They Speak
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Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Native Name
Malti
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Malti
Montenegrin
French Name
maltais
serbe
German Name
Maltesisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Origin
c. 1470
11th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
malt1254
serb1264
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Maltese and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Serbian Speaking population
Maltese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Maltese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Serbian Language Codes
Maltese and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.