Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Zambia
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Zulu language
Alphabets in
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Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Moni
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Молим (Molim)
Chonde
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
pepani
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
serbe
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Serbisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Chewa people
Origin
11th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Chewa
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Serbian 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 Serbian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Chewa language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Serbian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.