Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moni
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Chonde
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Not Available
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1913
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Bodo 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 Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Bodo language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Bodo Difficulty
The Chewa vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Bodo 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 Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.