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Countries

Countries

South Africa
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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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

-
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5730
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5024
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Qormi

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Malta

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
Malta

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Not Present

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
-

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

42
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Malti

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Malti

French Name

zoulou
maltais

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Maltese

History

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

8725
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

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

zul
mlt

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

-
Synthetic

Zulu and Maltese Alphabets

Zulu and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Maltese. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Zulu and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Maltese languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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 0.02 %. 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.