Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maori-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
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Chonde
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
New Zealand
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
maori
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Māori people
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1814
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
maor1246
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Maori 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 Maori greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Maori language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Maori word for "Thank You" is Mauruuru koutou. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Maori Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Maori Difficulty
The Chewa vs Maori difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Maori 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 Maori are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Maori, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Maori time required is 24 weeks.