Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malta
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Malti
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
maltais
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Maltese and Punjabi Speaking population
Maltese and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Maltese vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Punjabi Language Codes
Maltese and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.