Countries
Israel
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Malta
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Poland
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
- 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Aramaic Language
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
06
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2224
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
Ħello
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
Grazzi
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Kif int?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Skużani!
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
Ċaw
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Qormi
Where They Speak
Israel
Malta
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Malta
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Not Present
Where They Speak
Israel
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
72
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million0.52 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Malti
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Malti
French Name
hébreu
maltais
German Name
Hebräisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Maltese
Origin
1000 BC
c. 1470
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Semitic
Branch
Canaanitic
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Maltese
Language Position
2325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
heb
mlt
ISO 639 3
heb
mlt
ISO 639 6
heb
mlt
Glottocode
hebr1246
malt1254
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic