Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
26
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6024
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Ħello
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Grazzi
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Kif int?
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
амритана
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Амарахь
Skużani!
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Ċaw
I Love You
-
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Qormi
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Malta
How Many People Speak
106,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Malta
How Many People Speak
106,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Not Present
Where They Speak
Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
106,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million0.52 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Malti
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Malti
French Name
abkhaze
maltais
German Name
Abchasisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Maltese
Origin
c. 1650
c. 1470
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Maltese
Language Position
2825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
abk
mlt
ISO 639 3
abk
mlt
ISO 639 6
abks
mlt
Glottocode
abkh1244
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data Available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic