Countries
European Union, Malta
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Malta
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kif int?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
صبح به خیر
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
لطفا
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
من شما را دوست دارم
Dialect 1
Qormi
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Malta
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Not Present
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
-
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Alternative Names
Malti
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
maltais
persan
German Name
Maltesisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Persian people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Abric
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Maltese
Persian
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
malt1254
fars1254
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
All Maltese and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Persian Speaking population
Maltese and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Maltese vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Persian Language Codes
Maltese and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.