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Chewa and Spanish


Spanish and Chewa


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
2   
13
46   
1

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

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
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

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
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15th Century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Romance   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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