Chewa and Thai
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Thailand
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
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Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Zulu language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Moni
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Zikomo
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Chonde
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
pepani
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
anatsanzikana
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Pepani
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Isan
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
Nyanja
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
thaï
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
15th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Chewa
Thai
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nyan1308
thai1261
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Chewa and Thai 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 Thai dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Thai Speaking population
Chewa and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Chewa vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Thai Language Codes
Chewa and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.