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Punjabi and Maltese

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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan
Malta

Second Language

Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

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National Council for the Maltese Language

Interesting Facts

  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  • 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

Hindi Language
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5330
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

96
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4124
9 60
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Scripts

Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Ħello

Thank You

ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Grazzi

How Are You?

ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kif int?

Good Night

ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Skużani!

Bye

ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Ċaw

I Love You

ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Pothohari
Qormi

Where They Speak

Pakistan
Malta

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Saraiki
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Malta

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Doabi
Not Present

Where They Speak

Pakistan, Punjab, India
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How Many People Speak

130,000,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

302
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

154.30 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.44 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

100.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

54.30 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Malti

Alternative Names

Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Malti

French Name

pendjabi
maltais

German Name

Pandschabi-Sprache
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

Not Availble
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Punjabis
Maltese

History

Origin

1000 AD
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Indic
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Punjabi
Maltese

Language Position

2325
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pa
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pan
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

pan
mlt

ISO 639 3

pan
mlt

ISO 639 6

panj
mlt

Glottocode

panj1256
malt1254

Linguasphere

No data available
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Synthetic

Punjabi and Maltese Alphabets

Punjabi and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Punjabi and Maltese. In Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Punjabi and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Punjabi and Maltese languages. The Punjabi phonology consist Punjabi vowels and Punjabi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Punjabi greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Punjabi and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Punjabi and Maltese Speaking population

Punjabi and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % 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 Punjabi and Maltese on Punjabi vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Maltese Language Codes

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