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Chewa
Chewa

Bengali
Bengali



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Zambia
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Zulu language
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3151
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

511
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1840
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

Zikomo
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

Chonde
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

pepani
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

anatsanzikana
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

Pepani
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Chakma

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Hajong

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Rarhi

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
India

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
bengali

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Bengali

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

15th Century
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Bantu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Chewa
Bengali

Language Position

274
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
ben

ISO 639 2/B

nya
ben

ISO 639 3

nya
ben

ISO 639 6

nya
ben

Glottocode

nyan1308
beng1280

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Bengali Alphabets

Chewa and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Bengali. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Chewa and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Bengali languages. The Chewa phonology consist Chewa vowels and Chewa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chewa greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Bengali Speaking population

Chewa and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Chewa and Bengali on Chewa vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Bengali Language Codes

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