Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Zambia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Romanian
Zulu language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Zikomo
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Masana abwino
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
M'mawa wabwino
Bye
mirupafshim
anatsanzikana
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Më falni
Pepani
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Italy
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Shqip
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
albanais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Albanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Chewa people
Origin
1462 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Chewa
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
alba1267
nyan1308
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Albanian 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 Albanian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Chewa language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Albanian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.