Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Malawi, Zimbabwe
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
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Bye
arrivederci
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ti amo
Ndimakukondani
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Lazio
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Malawi, Zambia
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
Origin
960 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Chewa
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
ital1282
nyan1308
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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 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 Italian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Chewa language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Italian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Chewa 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 Italian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.