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Chewa vs Estonian


Estonian vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Finnish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Tere  

Thank You
Zikomo  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Chonde  
Palun  

Sorry
pepani  
Vabandust  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Head aega  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Eesti keel  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
estonien  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
15th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Bantu  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Estonian  

Language Position
27  
25
22  
20

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
est  

ISO 639 3
nya  
est  

ISO 639 6
nya  
est  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Chewa and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Estonian language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chewa and Estonian Language History.

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Chewa and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Estonian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Estonian Difficulty

The Chewa vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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