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Persian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

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
47,000,000.00  
15
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Malta  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
0.50 million  
99+

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
23  
21
25  
23

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  

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Persian and Maltese Language History

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

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

Persian vs Maltese Difficulty

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

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