Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Mon
Regulated By
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Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Zulu language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Moni
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Zikomo
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Chonde
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
pepani
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
anatsanzikana
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Burma
Native Name
Nyanja
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
birman
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Bamar people
Origin
15th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Chewa
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nyan1308
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Chewa and Burmese 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 Chewa and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Burmese language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Burmese Difficulty
The Chewa vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Burmese 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 Chewa and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.