Countries
West Java
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
Mangga
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
pepani
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
soundanais
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Chewa language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sundanese vs Chewa Difficulty
The Sundanese vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is Not Available while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.