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Chewa and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Chonde  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
pepani  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Balgarski  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
bulgare  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
15th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
27  
25
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
bul  

ISO 639 3
nya  
bul  

ISO 639 6
nya  
buls  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Chewa and Bulgarian Speaking population

Chewa and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Chewa vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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