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Romanian vs Chewa


Chewa vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Moni   

Thank You
multumesc   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Vă Rog   
Chonde   

Sorry
scuze   
pepani   

Bye
La revedere   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Malawi, Zambia   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
1521   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Chewa   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
nya   

ISO 639 3
ron   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Chewa language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Chewa Language History.

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

Romanian vs Chewa Difficulty

The Romanian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.

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