Countries
European Union, Malta
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Malta
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Armenian
Derived From
Roman Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ħello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Grazzi
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kif int?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Skużani!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Malta
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malta
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Malti
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
maltais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Maltesisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Hellenic
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Maltese
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
malt1254
gree1276
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Maltese and Greek Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maltese and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Greek language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Greek Difficulty
The Maltese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Greek Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maltese and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.