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Chewa and Tulu


Tulu and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Kannada Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
18  
8
35  
25

Scripts
Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Namaskara  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Mast Upakara.  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Yencha Ullar?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
yedde rathre  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
yedde baiyya  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
yedde madhyana  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
yedde kaande  

Please
Chonde  
Daya maltadu  

Sorry
pepani  
Yenna thapu aandu  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Barpe  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Kshamisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Brahmin tulu  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Jain  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,900,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Girijan  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
2.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Tulu  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
-  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Tulu  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈtulu]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Tuluva  

History

Origin
15th Century  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Tulu  

Language Position
27  
25
23  
21

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Signed Tulu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
tcy  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
tul  

ISO 639 3
nya  
tcy  

ISO 639 6
nya  
tcy  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
tulu1258  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Chewa and Tulu Speaking population

Chewa and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is 0.01 %. 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 Tulu on Chewa vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Tulu Language Codes

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

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