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
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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
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Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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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
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
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
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Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
ukrainien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Ukrainisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
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Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Chewa people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
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 6
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Glottocode
ukra1253
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.