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Maltese vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
mangngegda  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Ċaw  
Pakada  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Malti  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
maltais  
ilocano  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
18th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
25  
23
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
ilo  

Glottocode
malt1254  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Maltese and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Ilocano language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Ilocano Language History.

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Maltese and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Ilocano language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Maltese vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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