Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
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
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
tschao
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Malti
  
French Name
amharique
  
maltais
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Maltese
  
Origin
13th century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
All Amharic and Maltese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Maltese Speaking population
Amharic and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Maltese on Amharic vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Maltese Language Codes
Amharic and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.