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Chewa
Chewa

Maori
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
New Zealand

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.

Similar To

Zulu language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3120
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1810
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Hello

Thank You

Zikomo
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Night pai

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Morning pai

Please

Chonde
Tēnā

Sorry

pepani
Aroha mai

Bye

anatsanzikana
poroporoaki

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Pepani
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

53
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
New Zealand Maori

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
maori

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Māori people

History

Origin

15th Century
1814

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Polynesian

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Maori

Language Position

2726
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
mri

ISO 639 2/B

nya
mao

ISO 639 3

nya
mri

ISO 639 6

nya
mri

Glottocode

nyan1308
maor1246

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Maori Alphabets

Chewa and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Maori. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Chewa and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Maori 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 Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Maori Speaking population

Chewa and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Chewa vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Maori Language Codes

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