Countries
European Union, Latvia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Latvia
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Lithuanian Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sveiki
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Paldies
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Ar labunakti
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Labvakar
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Labdien
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Labrīt
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
lūdzu
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Piedodiet!
  
pepani
  
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Livonian
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Latvia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
High Latvian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.75 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
latviešu valoda
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Lettish
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
letton
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Lettisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
1530
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Baltic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Latvian
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lv
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lav
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
lav
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
lav
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
latv1249
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Latvian 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 Latvian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Latvian and Chewa language. Latvian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Latvian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Latvian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Latvian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Latvian 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 Latvian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Latvian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Latvian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.