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Maltese

Welsh
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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Wales

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
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
Welsh Language Commissioner

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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
English Language

Derived From

Roman Languages
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3029
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

67
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2421
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
Helô

Thank You

Grazzi
Diolch

How Are You?

Kif int?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Nos da

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
P'nawn da

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Bore da

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

Skużani!
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

Ċaw
Hwyl

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

Malta
Argentina

How Many People Speak

520,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Malta
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

500,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

-
Powys

How Many People Speak

500,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

28
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Malti
Cymraeg

French Name

maltais
gallois

German Name

Maltesisch
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Welsh people

History

Origin

c. 1470
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Celtic

Branch

North Abric
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Maltese
Welsh

Language Position

2531
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
cym

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
wel

ISO 639 3

mlt
cym

ISO 639 6

mlt
cym

Glottocode

malt1254
wels1247

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional

Maltese and Welsh Alphabets

Maltese and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Welsh. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Maltese and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Maltese and Welsh Speaking population

Maltese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on Maltese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Welsh Language Codes

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