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Chewa and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Chonde  
будь ласк  

Sorry
pepani  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Nyanja  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
ukrainien  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
27  
25
26  
24

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
nya  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
nya  
ukr  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Chewa and Ukrainian Speaking population

Chewa and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Chewa vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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