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Maltese vs Luri


Luri vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Iran  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Iran  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
-  

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.
  
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Persian  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
25 weeks  
7

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
hello  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
how are you  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Good night  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Good evening  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Good morning  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Please  

Sorry
Skużani!  
sorry  

Bye
Ċaw  
bye  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
i love you  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
excuse me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Feyli lurish  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Bakhtiari  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Laki  

Where They Speak
-  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.00 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
0.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
89.00 million  
10

Native Name
Malti  
nanme  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Lori, Luri, Luristani  

French Name
maltais  
louri  

German Name
Maltesisch  
-  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Lurs  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
19 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Abric  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
gd  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
gd  

Language Position
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
12  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
lrc  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
lrc  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
12  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
lrc  

Glottocode
malt1254  
12  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Maltese and Luri Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Luri language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Luri language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Luri language states that this language originated in 19 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Luri Language History.

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Maltese and Luri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maltese and Luri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Luri language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Luri word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Luri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Luri Difficulty

The Maltese vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Luri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maltese and Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.

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