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Chewa and Danish


Danish and Chewa


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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
-  
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
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

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
12,000,000.00  
35
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
27  
25
18  
16

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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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.

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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.

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