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Azerbaijani vs Maltese


Maltese vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
  • 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
Turkish  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Ħello  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Kif int?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
lütfən  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
üzr  
Skużani!  

Bye
xudafiz  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Russia  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
-  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Malti  

French Name
azéri  
maltais  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Maltese  

History

Origin
16th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Semitic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Maltese  

Language Position
38  
35
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
aze  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
aze  
mlt  

Glottocode
azer1255  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Azerbaijani and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Maltese language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Azerbaijani and Maltese Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Maltese Difficulty

The Azerbaijani vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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