Countries
Armenian Highland
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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
Greek
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Malti
  
French Name
arménien
  
maltais
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Maltese
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic