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Abkhaz vs Maltese


Maltese vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Ħello  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Not Available  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Not Available  
Skużani!  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Not available  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Malta  

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Malta  

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Malti  

French Name
abkhaze  
maltais  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
abk  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Abkhaz and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Maltese language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Maltese Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Maltese Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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