Cantonese and Chewa
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Zambia
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Zulu language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
晚安
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
晚上好
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
下午好
Masana abwino
Good Morning
早上好
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
我爱你
Ndimakukondani
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kasungu
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
cantonais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Kantonesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Chewa people
Origin
17th century
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Chewa Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 3
No data available
nya
Glottocode
cant1236
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Chewa Speaking population
Cantonese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Chewa on Cantonese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Chewa Language Codes
Cantonese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.