Countries
European Union, Malta
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.