Countries
European Union, Malta
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Romanian
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ħello
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Grazzi
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kif int?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
mirëdita
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
mirëmengjes
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Ju lutem
Sorry
Skużani!
Me fal
Bye
Ċaw
mirupafshim
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Më falni
Dialect 1
Qormi
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Malta
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
520,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Malta
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
-
Italy
How Many People Speak
500,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Malti
Shqip
French Name
maltais
albanais
German Name
Maltesisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Albanians
Origin
c. 1470
1462 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Albanian
Language Position
2514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
alb
ISO 639 3
mlt
sqi
ISO 639 6
mlt
sqi
Glottocode
malt1254
alba1267
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic