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Romanian and Maltese


Maltese and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Malta  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Latin  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Ħello  

Thank You
multumesc  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Vă Rog  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
scuze  
Skużani!  

Bye
La revedere  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Română  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Malti  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
maltais  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1521  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Maltese  

Language Position
36  
33
25  
23

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
ron  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
ron  
mlt  

Glottocode
roma1327  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Romanian and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Romanian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Maltese Speaking population

Romanian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Romanian and Maltese on Romanian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Maltese Language Codes

Romanian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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