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Tagalog vs Maltese


Maltese vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
Malta  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
24  
14

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Ħello  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
pakiusap  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Skużani!  

Bye
Paálam  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Tagalog  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Malti  

French Name
tagalog  
maltais  

German Name
Tagalog  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1593  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Maltese  

Language Position
58  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
mlt  

Glottocode
taga1269  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Tagalog and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Maltese language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Maltese Language History.

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Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Maltese language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tagalog vs Maltese Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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