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Chewa
Chewa

Swahili
Swahili



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Zulu language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3124
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1821
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Habari

Thank You

Zikomo
Asante

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Habari gani?

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Chonde
tafadhali

Sorry

pepani
pole

Bye

anatsanzikana
bye

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Pepani
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
swahili

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Swahili

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

15th Century
6th century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Swahili

Language Position

2721
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
swa

ISO 639 2/B

nya
swa

ISO 639 3

nya
swa

ISO 639 6

nya
swa

Glottocode

nyan1308
swah1254

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Chewa and Swahili Alphabets

Chewa and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Swahili. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Chewa and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Swahili Speaking population

Chewa and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Chewa vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Swahili Language Codes

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