Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Malta
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Malti
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
maltais
  
amharique
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Amharas
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
All Maltese and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Amharic Speaking population
Maltese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Maltese and Amharic on Maltese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Amharic Language Codes
Maltese and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.