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Maltese and Swedish


Swedish and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Malta  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
Grazzi  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
god morgon  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
vänligen  

Sorry
Skużani!  
ledsen  

Bye
Ċaw  
hej då  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
France  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
maltais  
suédois  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
13th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
North Abric  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
25  
23
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
swe  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
swe  

Glottocode
malt1254  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Maltese and Swedish Speaking population

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

Maltese and Swedish Language Codes

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

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