Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Not Available
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
pepani
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Chewa language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Chewa Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.