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Chewa
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Iran

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Iran

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
-

Speaking Continents

Africa
Antartica

Minority Language

Zambia
-

Regulated By

-
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.

Similar To

Zulu language
Persian

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3145
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1840
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

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 weeks25 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
hello

Thank You

Zikomo
Thank you

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
how are you

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Good night

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Good evening

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Good afternoon

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Good morning

Please

Chonde
Please

Sorry

pepani
sorry

Bye

anatsanzikana
bye

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
i love you

Excuse Me

Pepani
excuse me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Feyli lurish

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran

How Many People Speak

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

Kikamtunda
Bakhtiari

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Iran

How Many People Speak

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

Kimaravi
Laki

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Iran

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.001,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

55
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million0.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million0.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million89.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
nanme

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Lori, Luri, Luristani

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
louri

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
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Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈoɽia]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Lurs

History

Origin

15th Century
19 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Bantu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
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Standard Forms

Chewa
gd

Language Position

2723
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

ny
12

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
lrc

ISO 639 2/B

nya
lrc

ISO 639 3

nya
12

ISO 639 6

nya
lrc

Glottocode

nyan1308
12

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
12

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Luri Alphabets

Chewa and Luri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Luri. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Luri Alphabets there are 45 letters. To learn Chewa and Luri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Luri 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 Luri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Luri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Luri Speaking population

Chewa and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Luri on Chewa vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Luri Language Codes

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