Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Malta
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
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Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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!
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Qormi
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Malta
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Serbia
Malta
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Not Present
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Malti
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Malti
French Name
serbe
maltais
German Name
Serbisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[mɔːltiːz]
Origin
11th Century
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Maltese
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
malt1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
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.
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.