Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Zambia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Zulu language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Bonjour
Please
Chonde
S'il vous plaît
Bye
anatsanzikana
au revoir
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Pepani
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
African French
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Africa
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
français
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Français
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
français
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Not Available
Origin
15th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
nyan1308
stan1290
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Chewa and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and French language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs French Difficulty
The Chewa vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.