Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
European Union, Malta
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Kif int?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
صباح الخير
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
من فضلك
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
أحبك
Inħobbok ħafna
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Malta
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Sudan
Malta
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Not Present
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Malti
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Malti
French Name
arabe
maltais
German Name
Arabisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
North Arabic
North Abric
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Maltese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
malt1254
Linguasphere
12-AAC
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Arabic and Maltese Speaking population
Arabic and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Arabic and Maltese on Arabic vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Maltese Language Codes
Arabic and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.