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Maltese and Punjabi


Punjabi and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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