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Urdu and Maltese


Maltese and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Pakistan  
Malta  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Ħello  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Kif int?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Skużani!  

Bye
الوداع  
Ċaw  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
India  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
India  
Malta  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Malti  

French Name
ourdou  
maltais  

German Name
Urdu  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Maltese  

Language Position
20  
18
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
urd  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
urd  
mlt  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Urdu and Maltese Speaking population

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

Urdu and Maltese Language Codes

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

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