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Chewa and Gujarati


Gujarati and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
18   
8
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Chonde   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
pepani   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
Nyanja   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
goudjrati   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
15th Century   
15   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
guj   

ISO 639 3
nya   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Chewa and Gujarati Speaking population

Chewa and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Chewa vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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