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Spanish vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

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   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Malti   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
maltais   

German Name
Spanisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maltese   

History

Origin
210 BC   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Maltese   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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Spanish and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Maltese language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Maltese Language History.

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Spanish and Maltese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Maltese language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Maltese Difficulty

The Spanish vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Maltese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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