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
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
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
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1651
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
mt
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.