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Maltese and Spanish


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
46  
1
2  
13

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
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
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
105,000,000.00  
6
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
0.50 million  
99+

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
2  
2
25  
23

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  

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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.

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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.

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