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Maltese and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
unjani   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Ċaw   
bye   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Malti   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
maltais   
zoulou   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
19   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Abric   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
zul   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
99-AUT-fg   

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

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Maltese and Zulu Speaking population

Maltese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Maltese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Zulu Language Codes

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

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