Countries
India, Nepal
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
pranam
  
Moni
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
kripaya
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
pepani
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
maithili
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
14th century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili 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 Maithili and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Chewa language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Chewa Difficulty
The Maithili vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili 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 Maithili and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.