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Chewa and English


English and Chewa


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
2  
13
33  
2

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
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

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
12,000,000.00  
35
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

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
27  
25
3  
3

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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