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
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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
