Countries
European Union, Malta
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3018
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2413
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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Grazzi
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Kif int?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
le do thoil
Sorry
Skużani!
Tá brón orm
Bye
Ċaw
Slán
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Qormi
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Malta
Connacht
How Many People Speak
520,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Malta
Munster
How Many People Speak
500,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
-
Ulster
How Many People Speak
500,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Malti
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
maltais
irlandais moyen
German Name
Maltesisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Irish people
Origin
c. 1470
c. 750
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Celtic
Branch
North Abric
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Maltese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2525
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
gle
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
gle
ISO 639 3
mlt
gle
ISO 639 6
mlt
gle
Glottocode
malt1254
iris1253
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional