Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moni
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Chonde
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
pepani
  
maf karai
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Nyanja
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
maithili
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
15th Century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Maithili Speaking population
Chewa and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Chewa vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Maithili Language Codes
Chewa and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.