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Maltese and Luri


Luri and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Iran   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Iran   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not Available   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Not Available   

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Persian   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
25 weeks   
7

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
hello   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
how are you   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Good night   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Good evening   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Good morning   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Please   

Sorry
Skużani!   
sorry   

Bye
Ċaw   
bye   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
i love you   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
excuse me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Feyli lurish   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Bakhtiari   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
18

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Laki   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
20

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
0.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.00 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
0.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.00 million   
10

Native Name
Malti   
nanme   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Lori, Luri, Luristani   

French Name
maltais   
Not Available   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Lurs   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
19 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Abric   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
gd   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
gd   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
12   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
12   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
12   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Luri Speaking population

Maltese and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Maltese and Luri on Maltese vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Luri Language Codes

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

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