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Urdu and Maltese


Maltese and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Pakistan   
Malta   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
40   
29
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Ħello   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Kif int?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

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

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Skużani!   

Bye
الوداع   
Ċaw   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
India   
Malta   

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

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
India   
Malta   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
0.52 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Malti   

French Name
ourdou   
maltais   

German Name
Urdu   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maltese   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Maltese   

Language Position
20   
18
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
urd   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Urdu and Maltese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Maltese Speaking population

Urdu and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Maltese on Urdu vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Maltese Language Codes

Urdu and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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