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Maltese vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

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  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Skużani!  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Ċaw  
Paálam  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Malti  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
maltais  
tagalog  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1593  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indonesian  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Filipino  

Language Position
25  
23
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
tgl  

Glottocode
malt1254  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Maltese and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Tagalog language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Maltese vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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