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Maltese and Arabic


Arabic and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
23   
4

National Language
Malta   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Grazzi   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
صباح الخير   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Skużani!   
آسف   

Bye
Ċaw   
وداعا   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Malti   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
maltais   
arabe   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Arabs   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
512 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Semitic   

Branch
North Abric   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Maltese and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Arabic Speaking population

Maltese and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Maltese vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Arabic Language Codes

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

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