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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Malta

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
National Council for the Maltese Language

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Arabic Language
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3230
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

66
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2324
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
Ħello

Thank You

متشکرم
Grazzi

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
Kif int?

Good Night

شب بخیر
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

لطفا
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

متاسف
Skużani!

Bye

خدا حافظ
Ċaw

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Qormi

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Malta

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Malta

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Not Present

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
-

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

122
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
Malti

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Malti

French Name

persan
maltais

German Name

Persisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Maltese

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Iranian
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Persian
Maltese

Language Position

2325
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

per
mlt

ISO 639 3

pes
mlt

ISO 639 6

pers
mlt

Glottocode

fars1254
malt1254

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Synthetic

Persian and Maltese Alphabets

Persian and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Maltese. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Persian and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Maltese languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian and Maltese 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 Persian and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Maltese Speaking population

Persian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Persian and Maltese on Persian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Maltese Language Codes

Persian and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.