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
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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’)
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Maltese and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Armenian language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Armenian Difficulty
The Maltese vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.