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Maltese and Xhosa


Xhosa and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Molo  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Molo  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Ċaw  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Malta  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Malta  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Malti  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Malti  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
maltais  
xhosa  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
16th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
North Abric  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
xho  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
malt1254  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Maltese and Xhosa Speaking population

Maltese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Maltese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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