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Maltese and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Malta  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
2  
1

How Many Consonants
24  
14
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
амритана  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Амарахь  

Bye
Ċaw  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
-  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
-  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
Malti  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
maltais  
abkhaze  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
25  
23
28  
26

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
abk  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
abks  

Glottocode
malt1254  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Maltese and Abkhaz Speaking population

Maltese and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Maltese and Abkhaz on Maltese vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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