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Maltese vs Urdu


Urdu vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malta  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, 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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Grazzi  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Skużani!  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Ċaw  
الوداع  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Malta  
India  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
Malti  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Bihari  

French Name
maltais  
ourdou  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Abric  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
Not Available  
20  
18

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
urd  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Maltese and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Urdu language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Urdu Language History.

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Maltese and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Urdu language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Urdu Difficulty

The Maltese vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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