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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

French and Portuguese Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2131
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1618
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
Moni

Thank You

grazie
Zikomo

How Are You?

Come stai?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

buonanotte
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

buonasera
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Masana abwino

Good Morning

buongiorno
M'mawa wabwino

Please

Per Favore
Chonde

Sorry

scusate
pepani

Bye

arrivederci
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Ti amo
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Scusami
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Lazio
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

155
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Italiano
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

italien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Italienisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Italians
Chewa people

History

Origin

960 BC
15th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Italian
Chewa

Language Position

2727
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
nya

ISO 639 2/B

ita
nya

ISO 639 3

ita
nya

ISO 639 6

itas
nya

Glottocode

ital1282
nyan1308

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Italian and Chewa Alphabets

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

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

Italian and Chewa Speaking population

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

Italian and Chewa Language Codes

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