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Maltese

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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

246
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
French Language

Derived From

Roman Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3027
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2422
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
hola

Thank You

Grazzi
Gracias

How Are You?

Kif int?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Buenos Días

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
Por Favor

Sorry

Skużani!
triste

Bye

Ċaw
adiós

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Malta
Mexico

How Many People Speak

520,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Malta
Cuba

How Many People Speak

500,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

-
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

500,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

221
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
Español

Alternative Names

Malti
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

maltais
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Maltesisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Spanish people

History

Origin

c. 1470
210 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

North Abric
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Maltese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

252
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
spa

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
spa

ISO 639 3

mlt
spa

ISO 639 6

mlt
spa

Glottocode

malt1254
stan1288

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Maltese and Spanish Alphabets

Maltese and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Spanish. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Maltese and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Spanish languages. The Maltese phonology consist Maltese vowels and Maltese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maltese greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Spanish Speaking population

Maltese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Maltese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Spanish Language Codes

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