Maltese and Swahili
Countries
European Union, Malta
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Malta
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
How Are You?
Kif int?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
tafadhali
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Samahani
Where They Speak
Malta
Zanzibar island
Where They Speak
Malta
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Not Present
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Malti
Not Available
Alternative Names
Malti
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
maltais
swahili
German Name
Maltesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1470
6th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Swahili
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
swah1254
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Maltese and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Swahili Speaking population
Maltese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Maltese and Swahili on Maltese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Swahili Language Codes
Maltese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.