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Chewa
Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Zulu language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3157
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1850
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

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
Sawubona

Thank You

Zikomo
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
unjani

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Chonde
Ngiyacela

Sorry

pepani
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

anatsanzikana
bye

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Pepani
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

54
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
zoulou

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Zulu people

History

Origin

15th Century
19

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Chewa
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2787
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
zul

ISO 639 2/B

nya
zul

ISO 639 3

nya
zul

ISO 639 6

nya
zul

Glottocode

nyan1308
zulu1248

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Zulu Alphabets

Chewa and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Zulu. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Chewa and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chewa and Zulu Speaking population

Chewa and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Chewa vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Zulu Language Codes

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