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Chewa and Japanese


Japanese and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
19

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
12,000,000.00  
35
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

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
27  
25
8  
8

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
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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