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