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Chewa and Maltese


Maltese and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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