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Chewa vs Italian


Italian vs Chewa


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

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
-  
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
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

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
12,000,000.00  
35
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Italian  

Language Position
27  
25
27  
25

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Chewa and Italian Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Italian language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chewa and Italian Language History.

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Chewa and Italian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chewa and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Italian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Italian Difficulty

The Chewa vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Italian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chewa and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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