Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Chonde
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
15th Century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Standard Cebuano
  
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
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Cebuano language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Chewa vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.