Amharic and Maltese
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
European Union, Malta
National Language
Ethiopia
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
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National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
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Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Grazzi
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kif int?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
i'bakwon
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Inħobbok ħafna
Where They Speak
Gondar
Malta
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Malta
Dialect 3
Showa
Not Present
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
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Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Malti
French Name
amharique
maltais
German Name
Amharisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Maltese
Origin
13th century
c. 1470
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Ethiopic
North Abric
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Maltese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
amha1245
malt1254
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Amharic and Maltese 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 Amharic and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Maltese Speaking population
Amharic and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Amharic and Maltese on Amharic vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Maltese Language Codes
Amharic and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.