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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

27
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Zambia
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

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Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Zulu language
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1816
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
ciao

Thank You

Zikomo
grazie

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Come stai?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
buonanotte

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
buongiorno

Please

Chonde
Per Favore

Sorry

pepani
scusate

Bye

anatsanzikana
arrivederci

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Pepani
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Lazio

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Tuscan

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

515
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Italiano

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Italiano

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
italien

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Italians

History

Origin

15th Century
960 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Italian

Language Position

2727
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
ita

ISO 639 2/B

nya
ita

ISO 639 3

nya
ita

ISO 639 6

nya
itas

Glottocode

nyan1308
ital1282

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Chewa and Italian Alphabets

Chewa and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Italian. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Chewa and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Italian languages. The Chewa phonology consist Chewa vowels and Chewa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chewa greetings vs Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chewa and Italian 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 Chewa and Italian dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Italian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Italian Dialects are spoken in different Italian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Italian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Italian dialects include: Romanesco , Central Italian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chewa and Italian Speaking population

Chewa and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Chewa and Italian on Chewa vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Italian Language Codes

Chewa and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.