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Armenian and Maltese


Maltese and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
24  
14

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Ħello  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Skużani!  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Malti  

French Name
arménien  
maltais  

German Name
Armenisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Maltese  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Maltese  

Language Position
14  
13
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
hye  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
hye  
mlt  

Glottocode
arme1241  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Armenian 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 Armenian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Maltese Speaking population

Armenian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % 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 Armenian and Maltese on Armenian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Maltese Language Codes

Armenian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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