Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
pepani
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
serbe
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European 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
Standard Serbian
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Serbian 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 Serbian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Chewa language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Serbian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.