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Maltese and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Malta   
Abkhazia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
2   
1

How Many Consonants
24   
14
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Not Available   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Not Available   

Bye
Ċaw   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
maltais   
abkhaze   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
abk   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
malt1254   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Maltese and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maltese and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Abkhaz Speaking population

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Maltese and Abkhaz Language Codes

Maltese and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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