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Maltese vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Malta  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
2  
1

How Many Consonants
24  
14
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Not Available  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Not Available  

Bye
Ċaw  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
maltais  
abkhaze  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Abric  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
malt1254  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Maltese and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Abkhaz language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Abkhaz Language History.

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Maltese and Abkhaz Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maltese and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Abkhaz language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Maltese vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maltese and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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