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Amharic and Maltese


Maltese and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
24   
14

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
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   

History

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
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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