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Serbian and Maltese


Maltese and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Ħello  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Skużani!  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Malti  

French Name
serbe  
maltais  

German Name
Serbisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Maltese  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Maltese  

Language Position
44  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
srp  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
srp  
mlt  

Glottocode
serb1264  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Maltese Speaking population

Serbian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Maltese on Serbian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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