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Chewa and Swedish


Swedish and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
Zikomo  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
god morgon  

Please
Chonde  
vänligen  

Sorry
pepani  
ledsen  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
hej då  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
France  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
suédois  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
15th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Germanic  

Branch
Bantu  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
27  
25
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
swe  

ISO 639 3
nya  
swe  

ISO 639 6
nya  
swe  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Chewa and Swedish Speaking population

Chewa and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Chewa vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Swedish Language Codes

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

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