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Assamese and Chewa


Chewa and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
18  
8

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Moni  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
anugroha kori  
Chonde  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
pepani  

Bye
biḍai  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
assamais  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Chewa  

Language Position
65  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
nya  

ISO 639 3
asm  
nya  

ISO 639 6
asm  
nya  

Glottocode
assa1263  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Assamese 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 Assamese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Chewa Speaking population

Assamese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Chewa on Assamese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Chewa Language Codes

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

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