Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
pepani
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
bulgare
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southern
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
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
  
Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Chewa language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.