1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, 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
Grazzi
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Kif int?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Jekk jogħġbok
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
Skużani!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Ċaw
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Skużi!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.52 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.52 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Maltese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
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
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