Countries
European Union, Malta
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Grazzi
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kif int?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Skużani!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Ċaw
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Qormi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
520,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Malti
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
maltais
pachto
German Name
Maltesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1470
1651
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Abric
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2582
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
pus
ISO 639 3
mlt
pus
ISO 639 6
mlt
pus
Glottocode
malt1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional