Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
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
Pan South African Language Board
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Xhosa Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
bye
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Malti
  
French Name
zoulou
  
maltais
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Beatu
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Zulu 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 Zulu and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Maltese Speaking population
Zulu and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Maltese on Zulu vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Maltese Language Codes
Zulu and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.