Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Chonde
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Malti
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
maltais
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
15th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Maltese Speaking population
Chewa and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Chewa vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Maltese Language Codes
Chewa and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.