Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Chonde
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Me fal
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Nyanja
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
albanais
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Albanian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Albanian Difficulty
The Chewa vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.