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Chewa vs Slovak


Slovak vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
18  
8
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Chonde  
Prosím  

Sorry
pepani  
Pardón!  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
slovaque  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
15th Century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Slovak  

Language Position
27  
25
27  
25

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
slo  

ISO 639 3
nya  
slk  

ISO 639 6
nya  
slk  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Chewa and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Slovak language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Chewa vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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