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Maltese and Chewa


Chewa and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Maltese and Chewa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maltese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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