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Serbian vs Chewa


Chewa vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

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   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-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
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
11th Century   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Chewa   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
nya   

ISO 639 3
srp   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
nyan1308   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Serbian and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Chewa language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Chewa Language History.

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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 Not Available.

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