Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Iran
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
- 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
Kurdish and Persian
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
bye
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
بلوچی
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Malti
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
maltais
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Maltese
  
Origin
19th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Balochi 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 Balochi and Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Maltese language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Maltese Difficulty
The Balochi vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi 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 Balochi and Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.