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Chewa
Chewa

Igbo
Igbo



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Zambia
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Zulu language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3136
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1828
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
kedụ

Thank You

Zikomo
dalụ

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Chonde
Biko

Sorry

pepani
Ndo

Bye

anatsanzikana
Kachifo

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Pepani
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Enuani

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Not present

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
-

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
igbo

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Ibo

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
igbo

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Igbo people

History

Origin

15th Century
30th Century BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Kwa

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Standard Igbo

Language Position

2757
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

nya
ibo

ISO 639 3

nya
ibo

ISO 639 6

nya
ibo

Glottocode

nyan1308
nucl1417

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Igbo Alphabets

Chewa and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Igbo. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Chewa and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Igbo Speaking population

Chewa and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Chewa vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Igbo Language Codes

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