Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
European Union, Malta
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
Inħobbok ħafna
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Qormi
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Malta
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Malta
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Not Present
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Malti
French Name
persan
maltais
German Name
Persisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Maltese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Iranian
North Abric
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Maltese
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
fars1254
malt1254
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
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.