Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Chonde
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
pepani
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Nyanja
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Bhojpuri language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Chewa vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.