Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
France
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Zambia
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Italian Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
bonsoir
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Bonjour
M'mawa wabwino
Please
S'il vous plaît
Chonde
Bye
au revoir
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Kasungu
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Africa
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Français
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
français
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Französisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Chewa people
Origin
9th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
nyan1308
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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French 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 French and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Chewa language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common French Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Chewa Difficulty
The French vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.