Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Zambia
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
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Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Zulu language
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Zikomo
dankjewel
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
goedemiddag
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
goedemorgen
Please
Chonde
alsjeblieft
Bye
anatsanzikana
vaarwel
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Gronings
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Nyanja
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Dutch people
Origin
15th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nyan1308
mode1257
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Chewa and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Dutch Speaking population
Chewa and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Chewa vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Dutch Language Codes
Chewa and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.