Chewa and Khasi
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Meghalaya
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
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Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Zulu language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
thia sukh
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
khublei
Bye
anatsanzikana
khublei
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Pepani
map a nga
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
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Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
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Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
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Native Name
Nyanja
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
khasi
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Khasi people
Origin
15th Century
1200 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Khasi
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
Glottocode
nyan1308
khas1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Chewa and Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Khasi Speaking population
Chewa and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Chewa vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Khasi Language Codes
Chewa and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.