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Slovene vs Chewa


Chewa vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
25  
7
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Resian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Malawi, Zambia  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Malawi, Zambia  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Slovene and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Chewa language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Chewa Language History.

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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.

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