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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
-  
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
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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
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
12,000,000.00  
35
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

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
1.50 million  
99+
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
[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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
27  
25
2  
2

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
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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