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Chewa and Mongolian


Mongolian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
China, Mongolia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Zikomo  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Chonde  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
pepani  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
mongol  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Mongols  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Mongolian  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
27  
25
26  
24

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
mon  

ISO 639 3
nya  
mon  

ISO 639 6
nya  
mon  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Chewa and Mongolian Speaking population

Chewa and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Mongolian on Chewa vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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