Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Not Available
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2432
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ħello
sannu
Thank You
Grazzi
gode ku
How Are You?
Kif int?
yaya dai
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
barka da rana
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
mai kyau safe
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Don Allah
Sorry
Skużani!
yi hakuri
Bye
Ċaw
sai anjima
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Skużi!
gafara dai
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Malta
Ghana
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Malta
Niger
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Not Available
Niger
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million50.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.52 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million35.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Malti
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
maltais
haoussa
German Name
Maltesisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Hausa–Fulani people
History
Origin
c. 1470
14
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Chadic
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Hausa
Language Position
NA34
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
hau
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
hau
ISO 639 3
mlt
hau
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
haus1257
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional