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Chewa
Chewa

Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
India, No official status

Total No. Of Countries

20
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Zambia
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.

Similar To

Zulu language
Maithili and Magahi

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3143
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

511
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1834
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
प्रणाम (prannam)

Thank You

Zikomo
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
राम राम (raam raam)

Please

Chonde
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)

Sorry

pepani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Bye

anatsanzikana
प्रणाम (prannam)

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)

Excuse Me

Pepani
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Caribbean Hindustani

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Fiji Hindi

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00380,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Tharu Bhojpuri

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
India

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0038,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

513
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million38.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
bhojpuri

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Bhojpuri

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Bhojpuri speakers

History

Origin

15th Century
19th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Bhojpuri

Language Position

2737
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
bho

ISO 639 2/B

nya
bho

ISO 639 3

nya
bho

ISO 639 6

nya
bho

Glottocode

nyan1308
bhoj1246

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
59-AAF-sa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Bhojpuri Alphabets

Chewa and Bhojpuri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Bhojpuri. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters. To learn Chewa and Bhojpuri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Bhojpuri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Chewa and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Chewa vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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