Countries
Georgia
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
- 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
Anatolian Languages
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Malti
  
French Name
géorgien
  
maltais
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Maltese
  
Origin
5th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Georgian 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 Georgian and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Maltese language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Maltese Difficulty
The Georgian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian 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 Georgian and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.