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Swedish and Maltese


Maltese and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Malta  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Ħello  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Kif int?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
god morgon  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
vänligen  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
ledsen  
Skużani!  

Bye
hej då  
Ċaw  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
France  
-  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Malti  

French Name
suédois  
maltais  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Maltese  

History

Origin
13th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Maltese  

Language Position
89  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
swe  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
swe  
mlt  

Glottocode
swed1254  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Swedish and Maltese Speaking population

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

Swedish and Maltese Language Codes

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

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