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Ukrainian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ukraine   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
22   
12
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Ħello   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Kif int?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
будь ласк   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Skużani!   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malti   

French Name
ukrainien   
maltais   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Maltese   

History

Origin
1561   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Eastern   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Maltese   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Ukrainian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Maltese language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Maltese Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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