Countries
European Union, Malta
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Malta
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3040
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
621
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Grazzi
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kif int?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Skużani!
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Ċaw
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Jeju
Where They Speak
Malta
South Korea
How Many People Speak
520,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Malta
South Korea
How Many People Speak
500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
-
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
500,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Malti
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
maltais
coréen
German Name
Maltesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Koreans
Origin
c. 1470
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Maltese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2512
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
kor
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
kor
ISO 639 3
mlt
Kor
ISO 639 6
mlt
kor
Glottocode
malt1254
kore1280
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative