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Chewa
Chewa

Hebrew
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Israel

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Israel

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Zambia
Poland

Regulated By

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Academy of the Hebrew Language

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.

Similar To

Zulu language
Arabic and Aramaic languages

Derived From

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Aramaic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3122
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

50
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1822
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Hebrew

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
שלום (Shalom)

Thank You

Zikomo
תודה (Toda)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
לילה טוב (Laila tov)

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
ערב טוב (Erev tov)

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)

Please

Chonde
בבקשה (bevekshah)

Sorry

pepani
סליחה! (Slicha)

Bye

anatsanzikana
להתראות (Lehitraot)

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)

Excuse Me

Pepani
בבקשה!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Ashkenazi Hebrew

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Israel

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Samaritan Hebrew

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Israel, Palestine

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Yemenite Hebrew

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Israel

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.009,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

57
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million9.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million4.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million5.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Israeli, Ivrit

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
hébreu

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Hebräisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Hebrew-speaking people

History

Origin

15th Century
1000 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Semitic

Branch

Bantu
Canaanitic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew

Standard Forms

Chewa
Modern Hebrew

Language Position

2723
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Hebrew

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
he

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
heb

ISO 639 2/B

nya
heb

ISO 639 3

nya
heb

ISO 639 6

nya
heb

Glottocode

nyan1308
hebr1246

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
12-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Chewa and Hebrew Alphabets

Chewa and Hebrew Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Hebrew. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters. To learn Chewa and Hebrew languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Hebrew are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Hebrew Speaking population

Chewa and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Chewa vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Hebrew Language Codes

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