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Maltese vs Persian


Persian vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
سلام  

Thank You
Grazzi  
متشکرم  

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  

Sorry
Skużani!  
متاسف  

Bye
Ċaw  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
-  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Malti  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Malti  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
maltais  
persan  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Persian people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Abric  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Persian  

Language Position
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
per  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
pes  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
pers  

Glottocode
malt1254  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Maltese and Persian Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Persian language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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Maltese and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Persian language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Persian Difficulty

The Maltese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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