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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 13 (Overall)
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Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Moni
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Zikomo
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
Chonde
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
pepani
sorry
3.10 Bye
anatsanzikana
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kasungu
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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4.2 Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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12.00 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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5.3.2 Native Name
Nyanja
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Chewa people
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
15th Century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Chewa
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 55 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ny
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
nya
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
nya
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
nya
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nyan1308
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Chewa and Somali Alphabets

Chewa and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Somali. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Chewa and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Somali Speaking population

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

Chewa and Somali Language Codes

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

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