Countries
Ukraine
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
будь ласк
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
pepani
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
1561
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Chewa language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Chewa Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.