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Chewa and Arabic


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
23  
4
2  
13

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
32 weeks  
11

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
310,000,000.00  
2
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
1.50 million  
99+

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
25  
23
27  
25

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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