Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Moni
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Chonde
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
pepani
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Sanskrit language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Chewa vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.