Countries
Israel
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Israel
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Malti
  
French Name
hébreu
  
maltais
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Hebrew and Maltese Speaking population
Hebrew and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available 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 Hebrew and Maltese on Hebrew vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hebrew and Maltese Language Codes
Hebrew and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.