Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
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Zulu language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Zikomo
How Are You?
How are you?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
I love you
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Pepani
Dialect 1
American English
Kasungu
Where They Speak
United States of America
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Nyanja
Alternative Names
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Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
anglais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Englisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Chewa people
Origin
5th Century AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Chewa 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 English and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Chewa language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common English Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Chewa Difficulty
The English vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Chewa 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 English and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.