Chewa and Santali
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
India
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Zulu language
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Zikomo
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Not Available
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Boge Setak’
Please
Chonde
Not Available
Sorry
pepani
Not Available
Bye
anatsanzikana
Not Available
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Not Available
Excuse Me
Pepani
Not Available
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
India
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Not present
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Not present
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
santal
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
15th Century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Chewa and Santali 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 Santali dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Santali Speaking population
Chewa and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Santali on Chewa vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Santali Language Codes
Chewa and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.