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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

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 %   
30

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Nyanja   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Not Available   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
ukrainien   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[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
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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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