Countries
European Union, Malta
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Malta
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
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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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Hindi Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2441
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Grazzi
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Kif int?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Skużani!
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Ċaw
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Malta
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
520,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
500,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Doabi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
500,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
230
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.52 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.52 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Malti
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
maltais
pendjabi
German Name
Maltesisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Maltese
Punjabis
Origin
c. 1470
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Abric
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Maltese
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
mt
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
pan
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
pan
ISO 639 3
mlt
pan
ISO 639 6
mlt
panj
Glottocode
malt1254
panj1256
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional