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