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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   

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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.

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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.

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