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Georgian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Georgian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Maltese language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Georgian and Maltese Language History.

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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.

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