Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-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
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Chonde
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Lettish
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
letton
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Latvian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Latvian Difficulty
The Chewa vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.