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Chewa and Croatian


Croatian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Austria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
bok  

Thank You
Zikomo  
hvala  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
kako si  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
dobro jutro  

Please
Chonde  
molim  

Sorry
pepani  
Oprostite  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
hrvatski  

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

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
croate  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Croats  

History

Origin
15th Century  
9th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
27  
25
23  
21

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
nya  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
nya  
hrv  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Chewa and Croatian Speaking population

Chewa and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Chewa vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Croatian Language Codes

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

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