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Chewa
Chewa

Tamil
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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

26
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Zambia
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

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Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Zulu language
Malayalam

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

31247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1818
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Tamil

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

Zikomo
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

Chonde
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

pepani
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

anatsanzikana
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

Pepani
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Kongu

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Kongu

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

510
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
tamoul

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Tamil

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

15th Century
300 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Chewa
Modern Tamil

Language Position

2718
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
tam

ISO 639 2/B

nya
tam

ISO 639 3

nya
tam

ISO 639 6

nya
tam

Glottocode

nyan1308
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Tamil Alphabets

Chewa and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Tamil. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Chewa and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Tamil Speaking population

Chewa and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Chewa vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Tamil Language Codes

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