Countries
European Union, Malta
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2446
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ħello
Mhoro
Thank You
Grazzi
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kif int?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Masikati
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Mangwanani
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Skużani!
Ndineurombo
Bye
Ċaw
bye
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Qormi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Malta
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
520,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Żejtun
Karanga
Where They Speak
Malta
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
500,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not Present
Zezuru
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
500,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.52 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.52 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Malti
chiShona
Alternative Names
Malti
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
maltais
shona
German Name
Maltesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Shona people
Origin
c. 1470
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
North Abric
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Shona
Language Position
25107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mt
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
sna
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
sna
ISO 639 3
mlt
sna
ISO 639 6
mlt
sna
Glottocode
malt1254
core1255
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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