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Chewa
Chewa

Ilocano
Ilocano



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Philippines

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Commission on the Filipino Language

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Zulu language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3132
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
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Kablaaw

Thank You

Zikomo
Agyamanak

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Kumusta?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Naimbag a bigat

Please

Chonde
mangngegda

Sorry

pepani
Agpakawanak

Bye

anatsanzikana
Pakada

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

Pepani
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Balangao

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Philippines

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Philippines

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Not present

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Not present

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

52
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
ilokano

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
ilocano

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Ilocano people

History

Origin

15th Century
18th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

2794
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

nya
ilo

ISO 639 3

nya
ilo

ISO 639 6

nya
ilo

Glottocode

nyan1308
ilok1237

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Ilocano Alphabets

Chewa and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Ilocano. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Chewa and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Ilocano Speaking population

Chewa and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Chewa vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Ilocano Language Codes

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