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Maltese and Shona


Shona and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Masikati   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Mangwanani   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Ċaw   
bye   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Malta   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
maltais   
shona   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
20th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Abric   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
sna   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
core1255   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Maltese and Shona 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 Maltese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Shona Speaking population

Maltese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Maltese and Shona on Maltese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Shona Language Codes

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

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