1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
1.8 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Roman Languages
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kif int?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
Jekk jogħġbok
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
Skużani!
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
Ċaw
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
Skużi!
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Pakistan, Punjab, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.52 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.52 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Maltesisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology