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Chewa
Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Japan

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Zambia
Palau

Regulated By

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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Zulu language
Korean Language

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3199
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1814
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Zikomo
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

Chonde
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

pepani
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

anatsanzikana
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Pepani
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Hakata

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Kansai

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
kansai

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

531
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
日本語

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Nihongo

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
japonais

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

15th Century
1185

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Chewa
Japanese

Language Position

278
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

nya
jpn

ISO 639 3

nya
jpn

ISO 639 6

nya
jpn

Glottocode

nyan1308
nucl1643

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Chewa and Japanese Alphabets

Chewa and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Japanese. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Chewa and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Japanese Speaking population

Chewa and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Chewa vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Japanese Language Codes

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