Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-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
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Chonde
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
15th Century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Chewa and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Slovak language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Slovak Difficulty
The Chewa vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.