1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
Malta
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.5 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.8 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
1.9 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.
1.10 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.11 Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5.2 Phonology
5.2.1 How Many Vowels
5.3.3 How Many Consonants
5.6 Scripts
5.8 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
5.9 Hard to Learn
5.9.1 Language Levels
5.10.2 Time Taken to Learn
8 Greetings
8.1 Hello
8.2 Thank You
8.3 How Are You?
8.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Urare zvakanaka
8.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Manheru
8.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Masikati
8.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Mangwanani
8.8 Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Ndinokumbirawo
8.9 Sorry
8.10 Bye
8.11 I Love You
8.12 Excuse Me
9 Dialects
9.1 Dialect 1
9.1.1 Where They Speak
9.1.2 How Many People Speak
10.8 Dialect 2
10.8.1 Where They Speak
10.8.2 How Many People Speak
10.10 Dialect 3
10.10.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
10.10.2 How Many People Speak
1.3 Total No. Of Dialects
3 How Many People Speak
3.1 How Many People Speak?
0.52 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.8 Speaking Population
5.12 Native Speakers
0.52 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.12.2 Second Language Speakers
5.12.3 Native Name
6.1.1 Alternative Names
Malti
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
6.2.1 French Name
6.3.1 German Name
Maltesisch
Schona-Sprache
6.5 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
6.7 Ethnicity
7 History
7.1 Origin
7.3 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
7.5.1 Subgroup
7.6.1 Branch
7.8 Language Forms
7.8.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
7.9.1 Standard Forms
8.1.1 Language Position
8.1.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
8.2 Scope
9 Code
9.1 ISO 639 1
9.2 ISO 639 2
9.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
9.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
9.3 ISO 639 3
9.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
9.5 Glottocode
9.6 Linguasphere
9.8 Types of Language
9.8.1 Language Type
9.8.3 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
9.8.5 Language Morphological Typology