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Maltese and Amharic


Amharic and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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