Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Malta
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
maltais
  
arménien
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Armenians
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic