Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
European Union, Malta
  
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 in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.