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Chewa
Chewa

Malaysian
Malaysian



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malaysia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Zambia
Thailand

Regulated By

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Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.

Similar To

Zulu language
Indonesian Language

Derived From

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Tamil Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1824
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Hai

Thank You

Zikomo
terima kasih

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Apa khabar?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Selamat Petang

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Selamat tengah hari

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Selamat pagi

Please

Chonde
sila

Sorry

pepani
maaf

Bye

anatsanzikana
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Saya sayang kamu

Excuse Me

Pepani
Maafkan saya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Bengkulu

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Pekal

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0030,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Musi

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.003,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

524
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million175.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million98.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Bahasa melayu

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Bahasa Malaysia

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
malais

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Malaiisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Malaysian people

History

Origin

15th Century
c. 683 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,

Standard Forms

Chewa
Pluricentric Standard Malay

Language Position

2754
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
ms

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
msa

ISO 639 2/B

nya
may

ISO 639 3

nya
zsm

ISO 639 6

nya
may

Glottocode

nyan1308
stan1306

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Chewa and Malaysian Alphabets

Chewa and Malaysian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Malaysian. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Chewa and Malaysian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Malaysian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Malaysian Speaking population

Chewa and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Chewa vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Malaysian Language Codes

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