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 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Maithili language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Maithili Difficulty
The Chewa vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.