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Chewa and Dogri


Dogri and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Jammu and Kashmir, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
42 weeks  
16

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
Zikomo  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
शुभ अपराह्न  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
su prabat  

Please
Chonde  
kripya  

Sorry
pepani  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
2.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
डोगरी  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
dogri  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Dogras  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1971  

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  
Dogri  

Language Position
27  
25
32  
30

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Signed Dogri  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
doi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
doi  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
doi  

ISO 639 3
nya  
doi  

ISO 639 6
nya  
doi  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
59-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Chewa and Dogri Speaking population

Chewa and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 %. 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 Dogri on Chewa vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Dogri Language Codes

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

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