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Maltese vs Turkish


Turkish vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Malta   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Grazzi   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
günaydın   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
lütfen   

Sorry
Skużani!   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Ċaw   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Malti   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
maltais   
turc   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Turkish   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Turkic   

Branch
North Abric   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
tur   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Maltese and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Turkish language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Maltese vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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