Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-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
Ahoj
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Prosím
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
pepani
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
slovaque
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
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
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Chewa language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Chewa Difficulty
The Slovak vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.