Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Russia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Zambia
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Moni
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Chonde
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
pepani
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Olonets
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Malawi, Zambia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Russki
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
russe
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Russisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Chewa people
Origin
1000 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Chewa language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Russian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.