Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Chonde
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Bulgarian Speaking population
Chewa and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chewa and Bulgarian on Chewa vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Bulgarian Language Codes
Chewa and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.