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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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