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Chewa and Luri


Luri and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Iran  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
25 weeks  
7

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
12,000,000.00  
35
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Bakhtiari  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Laki  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.00 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
89.00 million  
10

Native Name
Nyanja  
nanme  

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

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
louri  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
-  

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  
gd  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
gd  

Language Position
27  
25
23  
21

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
-  

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  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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.

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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.

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