Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Zambia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Zulu language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Zikomo
obrigado
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Como você está?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
boa noite
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
boa Tarde
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
bom Dia
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Pepani
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Brazil
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Portugal
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Nyanja
Português
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Português
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
portugais
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
15th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Chewa
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nyan1308
port1283
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Chewa and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Portuguese language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Chewa vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.