Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-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
Halo
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Prosim
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
pepani
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
slovène
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
972-1093
  
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
Slovene
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Slovene 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 Slovene and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Chewa language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Chewa Difficulty
The Slovene vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.