Countries
European Union, Malta
Afganistan
National Language
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Ħello
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Grazzi
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kif int?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Skużani!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Ċaw
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Qormi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Malta
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Malti
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
maltais
pachto
German Name
Maltesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Pashtun
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Abric
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Maltese and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Pashto language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Maltese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Pashto 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 Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.