Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.