Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Ħello
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Grazzi
e dupe
How Are You?
Kif int?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
e kaasan
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
e kaaro
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Jowo
Sorry
Skużani!
binu
Bye
Ċaw
bye
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Skużi!
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Malta
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
NA500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Ede
Where They Speak
Malta
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
NA800,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.42 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million28.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Malti
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
maltais
yoruba
German Name
Maltesisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Yoruba people
History
Origin
c. 1470
4 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Western Sudanic
Branch
North Abric
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Yorùbá
Language Position
NA49
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
yor
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
yor
ISO 639 3
mlt
yor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
yoru1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating