Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Chonde
  
Palun
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
estonien
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Estonians
  
Origin
15th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Chewa and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Estonian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Estonian Difficulty
The Chewa vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.