Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Zambia
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Zulu language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Moni
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Zikomo
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Chonde
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
pepani
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
anatsanzikana
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Pepani
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Olonets
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Olonets
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Novgorod
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
Русский
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Russki
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
russe
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Russians
Origin
15th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
russ1263
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Chewa and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Russian language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Russian Difficulty
The Chewa vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.