Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Chonde
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
pepani
  
scusate
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Italiano
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
italien
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Italians
  
Origin
15th Century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Chewa and Italian 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 Chewa and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Italian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Italian Difficulty
The Chewa vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Italian 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 Chewa and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.