Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
West Java
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moni
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
Chonde
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
pepani
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Nyanja
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
15th Century
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Chewa
  
Sundanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Sundanese language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chewa vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Chewa vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is Not Available while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.