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Europe > Malta > Language

MALTESE LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English speakers 2,400 [31st of 52]
English status
National language. Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language 280,000 [45th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total 280,000 [48th of 0]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions Joe Borg
Languages
Maltese (official), English (official)
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 92.5 [73rd of 174]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > English 88 % [2nd of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > French 17 % [8th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > German 3 % [28th of 29]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Wikipedia: John Doe ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Languages of the European Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Malta, Republic of Malta, Repubblika ta' Malta

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