Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Zambia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Armenian
Zulu language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Moni
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Zikomo
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Chonde
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pepani
Bye
αντίο (antío)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Greece
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Italy
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
ελληνικά
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Neugriechisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Chewa people
Origin
1500 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
nyan1308
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek 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 Greek and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Chewa language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Chewa Difficulty
The Greek vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.