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Basque and Chewa


Chewa and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Moni  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Egun on  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Mesedez  
Chonde  

Sorry
Barkatu  
pepani  

Bye
Agur  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
France  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
basque  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Baskisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
15th Century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Chewa  

Language Position
30  
28
27  
25

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
nya  

ISO 639 3
eus  
nya  

ISO 639 6
eus  
nya  

Glottocode
basq1248  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Basque and Chewa Speaking population

Basque and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % 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 Basque and Chewa on Basque vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Chewa Language Codes

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

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