Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Portugal
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Zambia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Zikomo
How Are You?
Como você está?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
boa noite
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
boa Noite
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Masana abwino
Good Morning
bom Dia
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Pepani
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Brazil
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Portugal
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Português
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
portugais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Portugiesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Chewa people
Origin
3rd Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
port1283
nyan1308
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Chewa language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Chewa Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.