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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

462
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Malta

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
National Council for the Maltese Language

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • 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 Language
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Latin
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2730
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2224
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
Ħello

Thank You

Gracias
Grazzi

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Kif int?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Buenos Días
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

Por Favor
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

triste
Skużani!

Bye

adiós
Ċaw

I Love You

Te Quiero
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Qormi

Where They Speak

Mexico
Malta

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Cuba
Malta

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Not Present

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
-

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

212
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
Malti

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Malti

French Name

espagnol; castillan
maltais

German Name

Spanisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Maltese

History

Origin

210 BC
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Maltese

Language Position

225
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

spa
mlt

ISO 639 3

spa
mlt

ISO 639 6

spa
mlt

Glottocode

stan1288
malt1254

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Spanish and Maltese Alphabets

Spanish and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Maltese. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Spanish and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Maltese languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Maltese Speaking population

Spanish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Maltese on Spanish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Maltese Language Codes

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