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Maltese vs Polish


Polish vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
cześć  

Thank You
Grazzi  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Dzień dobry  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
proszę  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Ċaw  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
-  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Malti  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
maltais  
polonais  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Poles  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1270  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
North Abric  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Polish  

Language Position
25  
23
24  
22

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
pol  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
pol  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
pols  

Glottocode
malt1254  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Maltese and Polish Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Polish language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Maltese vs Polish Difficulty

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

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