Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Zambia
South Africa
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Zulu language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Zikomo
Thank you
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
How are you?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Good Night
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Good Morning
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
I love you
Excuse Me
Pepani
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kasungu
American English
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
United States of America
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
United Kingdom
Native Name
Nyanja
English
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
English
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
anglais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Chewa people
English people
Origin
15th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard English
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nyan1308
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Chewa and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and English language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs English Difficulty
The Chewa vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.