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Chewa
Chewa

Quechua
Quechua



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Total No. Of Countries

26
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
South America

Minority Language

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
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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 widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.

Similar To

Zulu language
Aymara and Guarani Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3131
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1826
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Rimaykullayki

Thank You

Zikomo
Solpayki

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Allillanchu

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Allin tuta

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Wuynas nuchis

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Wuynas tardis

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Wuynus diyas

Please

Chonde
jamuspa

Sorry

pepani
Pampachaykuway

Bye

anatsanzikana
bye

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Kuyayki

Excuse Me

Pepani
Pampachaway

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Ancash

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Peru

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Huánuco

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Peru

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00190,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Yaru

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Peru

How Many People Speak

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

510
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million8.90 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million8.90 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Qhichwa

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
North La Paz Quechua

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
quechua

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Quechua-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈketʃwa]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Quechua

History

Origin

15th Century
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Quechumaran Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Andean Equatorial

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Quechua

Language Position

2723
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Quechua

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
qu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
que

ISO 639 2/B

nya
que

ISO 639 3

nya
que

ISO 639 6

nya
que

Glottocode

nyan1308
quec1387

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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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Chewa and Quechua Alphabets

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

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

Chewa and Quechua Speaking population

Chewa and Quechua speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Quechua languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Quechua Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 %. 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 Quechua on Chewa vs Quechua where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Quechua Language Codes

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