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Chewa
Chewa

Lithuanian
Lithuanian



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
European Union, Lithuania

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Lithuania

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Zambia
Poland

Regulated By

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Commission of the Lithuanian Language

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.

Similar To

Zulu language
Latvian

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3132
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1820
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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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
Sveiki

Thank You

Zikomo
Ačiū

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Kaip sekasi?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Labanakt

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Labas vakaras

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Laba diena

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Labas rytas

Please

Chonde
Prašom

Sorry

pepani
atsiprašau

Bye

anatsanzikana
Ate

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Aš myliu tave

Excuse Me

Pepani
Atsiprašau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Samogitian

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Aukštaitian

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

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

Kimaravi
Curonian

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

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

510
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million3.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million3.00 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
lietuvių kalba

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
lituanien

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Litauisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Lithuanians

History

Origin

15th Century
c. 1503

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
Baltic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Lithuanian

Language Position

2744
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
lt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
lit

ISO 639 2/B

nya
lit

ISO 639 3

nya
lit

ISO 639 6

nya
lit

Glottocode

nyan1308
lith1251

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
54-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

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Synthetic

Chewa and Lithuanian Alphabets

Chewa and Lithuanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Lithuanian. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Lithuanian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Chewa and Lithuanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Lithuanian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Lithuanian Speaking population

Chewa and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Chewa vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Lithuanian Language Codes

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