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Maltese vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Malta  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Thailand  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Hai  

Thank You
Grazzi  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
sila  

Sorry
Skużani!  
maaf  

Bye
Ċaw  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Musi  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Malti  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
maltais  
malais  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
25  
23
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
may  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
may  

Glottocode
malt1254  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Maltese and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Malaysian language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Maltese vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Maltese vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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