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Chewa and Malaysian


Malaysian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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
-  
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
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
13

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
12,000,000.00  
35
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

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  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
27  
25
54  
99+

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  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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.

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