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Chewa
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Zambia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Zulu language
Italian Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
bonjour

Thank You

Zikomo
Merci

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Bonjour

Please

Chonde
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

pepani
désolé

Bye

anatsanzikana
au revoir

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Pepani
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
African French

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Africa

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
français

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Français

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
français

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
French people

History

Origin

15th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Chewa
Standard French

Language Position

2713
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
fra

ISO 639 2/B

nya
fre

ISO 639 3

nya
fra

ISO 639 6

nya
fras

Glottocode

nyan1308
stan1290

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Chewa and French Alphabets

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

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

Chewa and French Speaking population

Chewa and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and French languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Chewa vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and French Language Codes

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