Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Malta
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Malti
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
maltais
  
persan
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Persian people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Maltese and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Persian language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Persian Difficulty
The Maltese vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.