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Chinese and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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
-  
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  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
18  
8
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

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)  

Please
Chonde  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
pepani  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Nyanja  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
chinois  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Han  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
27  
25
1  
1

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
chi  

ISO 639 3
nya  
zho  

ISO 639 6
nya  
zho  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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