Countries
Afganistan
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Malti
  
French Name
pachto
  
maltais
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1651
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Pashto and Maltese Speaking population
Pashto and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Maltese on Pashto vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Maltese Language Codes
Pashto and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.