Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
European Union, Malta
National Language
Russia
Malta
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Ħello
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Grazzi
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Kif int?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Skużani!
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Ċaw
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Qormi
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Malta
Where They Speak
Olonets
Malta
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Not Present
Where They Speak
Novgorod
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Native Name
Русский
Malti
Alternative Names
Russki
Malti
French Name
russe
maltais
German Name
Russisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Russians
Maltese
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Eastern
North Abric
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Maltese
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
malt1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
All Russian 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 Russian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Maltese Speaking population
Russian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Maltese on Russian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Maltese Language Codes
Russian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.