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Maltese and Hebrew


Hebrew and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Israel   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Poland   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
0   

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Hebrew   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
Ċaw   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Israel   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Israel, Palestine   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Israel   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Malti   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
maltais   
hébreu   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Semitic   

Branch
North Abric   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
heb   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maltese and Hebrew Speaking population

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

Maltese and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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