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