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Chewa
Chewa

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Navajo



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
United States of America

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

Minority Language

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.

Similar To

Zulu language
Apache Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3136
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1834
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 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Zikomo
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

Chonde
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

pepani
Nízhdził

Bye

anatsanzikana
Hágoónee’

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

Pepani
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Arizona

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Navajo2

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Utah

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

54
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Navaho

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
navaho

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Navajo people

History

Origin

15th Century
1500 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Athapascan

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Navajo

Language Position

2729
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
nav

ISO 639 2/B

nya
nav

ISO 639 3

nya
nav

ISO 639 6

nya
nav

Glottocode

nyan1308
nava1243

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Chewa and Navajo Alphabets

Chewa and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Navajo. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Chewa and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Navajo 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 Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chewa and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chewa and Navajo Speaking population

Chewa and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Navajo on Chewa vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Navajo Language Codes

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