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Chewa
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

246
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Zambia
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Zulu language
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1822
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
hola

Thank You

Zikomo
Gracias

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Buenos Días

Please

Chonde
Por Favor

Sorry

pepani
triste

Bye

anatsanzikana
adiós

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Pepani
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Mexico

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Cuba

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

521
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Español

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Spanish people

History

Origin

15th Century
210 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Chewa
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

272
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
spa

ISO 639 2/B

nya
spa

ISO 639 3

nya
spa

ISO 639 6

nya
spa

Glottocode

nyan1308
stan1288

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
51-AAA-b

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, Synthetic

Chewa and Spanish Alphabets

Chewa and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Spanish. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Chewa and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Spanish Speaking population

Chewa and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Chewa vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Spanish Language Codes

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