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Chewa vs Armenian


Armenian vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Chonde   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
pepani   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
arménien   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Armenians   

History

Origin
15th Century   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
arm   

ISO 639 3
nya   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Chewa and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Armenian language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chewa and Armenian Language History.

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Chewa and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Armenian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Armenian Difficulty

The Chewa vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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