Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Malta
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ħello
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
pepani
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Malti
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
maltais
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Maltese and Chewa Speaking population
Maltese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Maltese and Chewa on Maltese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Chewa Language Codes
Maltese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.