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Chewa vs Hindi


Hindi vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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, Oceania  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
18  
8
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Zikomo  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Chonde  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
pepani  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Nyanja  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
hindi  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
15th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
27  
25
5  
5

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
hin  

ISO 639 3
nya  
hin  

ISO 639 6
nya  
hins  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Chewa and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Hindi language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chewa and Hindi Language History.

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Chewa and Hindi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chewa and Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Hindi language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Hindi Difficulty

The Chewa vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Hindi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chewa and Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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