Countries
European Union, Malta
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
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National Language
Malta
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Arabic Language