Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
European Union, Malta
National Language
Turkey
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Grazzi
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Kif int?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
günaydın
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
lütfen
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Qormi
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Not Present
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Malti
German Name
Türkisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Maltese
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
North Abric
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
malt1254
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Turkish 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 Turkish and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Maltese language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Maltese Difficulty
The Turkish vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.