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Chewa



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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2831
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2818
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Moni

Thank You

شكرا
Zikomo

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Masana abwino

Good Morning

صباح الخير
M'mawa wabwino

Please

من فضلك
Chonde

Sorry

آسف
pepani

Bye

وداعا
anatsanzikana

I Love You

أحبك
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Sudan
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

265
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

arabe
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Arabisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Chewa people

History

Origin

512 CE
15th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Benue-Congo

Branch

North Arabic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Chewa

Language Position

2527
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
nya

ISO 639 2/B

ara
nya

ISO 639 3

ara
nya

ISO 639 6

ara
nya

Glottocode

arab1395
nyan1308

Linguasphere

12-AAC
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Chewa Alphabets

Arabic and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Chewa. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Arabic and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Chewa languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic and Chewa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Chewa Speaking population

Arabic and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Chewa on Arabic vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Chewa Language Codes

Arabic and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.