Countries
European Union, Malta
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Greek
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3038
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2432
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Grazzi
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Kif int?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Skużani!
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Ċaw
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Malta
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
520,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Malta
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
22
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Malti
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
maltais
arménien
German Name
Maltesisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Armenians
Origin
c. 1470
late 5th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
North Abric
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Maltese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
2514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
hye
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
arm
ISO 639 3
mlt
hye
ISO 639 6
mlt
hye
Glottocode
malt1254
arme1241
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic