Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-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
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Chonde
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1887
  
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-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Chewa and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Esperanto language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Chewa vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.