Chewa and Oriya
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
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
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Zulu language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Moni
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Zikomo
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Sorry
pepani
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
anatsanzikana
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Pepani
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
Native Name
Nyanja
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
oriya
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Odias
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nyan1308
macr1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Chewa and Oriya 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 Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Oriya Speaking population
Chewa and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Chewa vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Oriya Language Codes
Chewa and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.