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Chewa
Chewa

Lao
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

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

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Zulu language
Thai Language

Derived From

-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1827
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Zikomo
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Chonde
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

pepani
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

anatsanzikana
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Pepani
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Laos

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

56
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million25.00 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
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
lao

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Lao people

History

Origin

15th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Tai

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Lao

Language Position

2743
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
lao

ISO 639 2/B

nya
lao

ISO 639 3

nya
lao

ISO 639 6

nya
lao

Glottocode

nyan1308
laoo1244

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Chewa and Lao Alphabets

Chewa and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Lao. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Chewa and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Lao 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 Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Lao Speaking population

Chewa and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Chewa vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Lao Language Codes

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