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Croatian vs Chewa


Chewa vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Moni  

Thank You
hvala  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
kako si  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
molim  
Chonde  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pepani  

Bye
Doviđenja  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
croate  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
9th century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Chewa  

Language Position
23  
21
27  
25

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
nya  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
nya  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
nya  

Glottocode
croa1245  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Chewa language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th 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 Croatian and Chewa Language History.

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

Croatian vs Chewa Difficulty

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

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