Countries
West Java
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3330
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Ħello
Thank You
Nuhun
Grazzi
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Kif int?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Mangga
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Hapunten
Skużani!
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Ċaw
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Punten
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Qormi
Where They Speak
Banten
Malta
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Bogor
Malta
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Not Present
Where They Speak
Bandung
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
Malti
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Malti
French Name
soundanais
maltais
German Name
Sundanesisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Maltese
Origin
5th century AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Maltese
Language Position
4225
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
sun
mlt
ISO 639 3
sun
mlt
ISO 639 6
sun
mlt
Glottocode
sund1251
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic