Chewa and Chinese
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Zulu language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Zikomo
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bye
anatsanzikana
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Pepani
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Nyanja
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
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French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
chinois
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Chewa people
Han
Origin
15th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Chinese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nyan1308
sini1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Chewa and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Chinese Speaking population
Chewa and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Chewa vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Chinese Language Codes
Chewa and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.