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Abkhaz vs Maltese


Maltese vs Abkhaz


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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
Not Available   
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

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

Alphabets
62   
36
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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
Not Available   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Not Available   
Skużani!   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Not available   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Malta   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Malti   

French Name
abkhaze   
maltais   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Maltese   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   
Not Available   

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   

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Abkhaz and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Maltese language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Abkhaz and Maltese Language History.

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Abkhaz and Maltese 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 Abkhaz and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Maltese language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Maltese Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Maltese 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 Abkhaz and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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