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Zulu vs Chewa


Chewa vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
50   
35
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona   
Moni   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
unjani   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Chonde   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
pepani   

Bye
bye   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
12.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
zoulou   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
19   
15th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Beatu   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Chewa   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
nya   

ISO 639 3
zul   
nya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
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   

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Zulu and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Chewa language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Chewa Language History.

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Zulu 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 Zulu and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Chewa language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Zulu vs Chewa Difficulty

The Zulu vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu 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 Zulu and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.

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