Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2420
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ħello
Salama!
Thank You
Grazzi
Misaotra
How Are You?
Kif int?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Maraina tsara
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
azafady
Sorry
Skużani!
Miala tsiny
Bye
Ċaw
Veloma!
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Azafady
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Malta
Merina
How Many People Speak
520,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Malta
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
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-
How Many People Speak
500,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
22
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.52 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Malti
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
maltais
malgache
German Name
Maltesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Malagasy people
History
Origin
c. 1470
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Austronesian
Branch
North Abric
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2584
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
mlg
ISO 639 3
mlt
mlg
ISO 639 6
mlt
mlg
Glottocode
malt1254
mala1537
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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