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Chewa and Konkani


Konkani and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India  

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
-  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Chonde  
Chike  

Sorry
pepani  
Maf kor  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
konkani  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Kokani  

Language Position
27  
25
23  
21

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
kok  

ISO 639 3
nya  
kok  

ISO 639 6
nya  
kok  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Chewa and Konkani Speaking population

Chewa and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Chewa vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Konkani Language Codes

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

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