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