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Polish vs Maltese


Maltese vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Ħello  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

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

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
proszę  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Skużani!  

Bye
do widzenia  
Ċaw  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Malta  

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

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Malta  

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

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Malti  

French Name
polonais  
maltais  

German Name
Polnisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1270  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Semitic  

Branch
Western  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Maltese  

Language Position
24  
22
25  
23

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
pol  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
pols  
mlt  

Glottocode
poli1260  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Polish and Maltese Language History

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

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

Polish vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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