Countries
Philippines
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
pepani
  
Bye
Paalam
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Chewa language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Chewa Difficulty
The Filipino vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.