Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Israel
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.