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Chewa
Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

25
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Zambia
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

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Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Zulu language
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

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Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Hallo

Thank You

Zikomo
Mange tak

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
God nat

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
God aften

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
God morgen

Please

Chonde
Please

Sorry

pepani
Undskyld!

Bye

anatsanzikana
Farvel

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Pepani
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Scanian

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Sweden

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Denmark

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

54
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
dansk

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
danois

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

15th Century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Chewa
Rigsdansk

Language Position

2718
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
dan

ISO 639 2/B

nya
dan

ISO 639 3

nya
dan

ISO 639 6

nya
dan

Glottocode

nyan1308
dani1284

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Chewa and Danish Alphabets

Chewa and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Danish. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Chewa and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Danish Speaking population

Chewa and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Chewa vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Danish Language Codes

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