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