Home
Languagevs


Urdu vs Maltese


Maltese vs 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  

Countries >>
<< All

Urdu and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Maltese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Urdu and Maltese Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Urdu vs Maltese Difficulty

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages