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Chewa
Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Zambia
South Africa

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Zulu language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1821
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Hello

Thank You

Zikomo
Thank you

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
How are you?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Good Night

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Good Morning

Please

Chonde
Please

Sorry

pepani
Sorry

Bye

anatsanzikana
Bye

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
I love you

Excuse Me

Pepani
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
American English

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
United States of America

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

5188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
English

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
English

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
anglais

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Chewa people
English people

History

Origin

15th Century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
-

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Chewa
Standard English

Language Position

273
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
eng

ISO 639 2/B

nya
eng

ISO 639 3

nya
eng

ISO 639 6

nya
engs

Glottocode

nyan1308
stan1293

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Chewa and English Alphabets

Chewa and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and English. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Chewa and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and English Speaking population

Chewa and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and English languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Chewa vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and English Language Codes

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