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Serbian vs Chewa


Chewa vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

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  

History

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
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Serbian and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Chewa language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Chewa Language History.

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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.

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