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Chewa vs Welsh


Welsh vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
-  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Helô  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Bore da  

Please
Chonde  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
pepani  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Cymraeg  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
gallois  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
15th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Celtic  

Branch
Bantu  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Welsh  

Language Position
27  
25
31  
29

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
wel  

ISO 639 3
nya  
cym  

ISO 639 6
nya  
cym  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Chewa and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Welsh language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh Language History.

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Chewa and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Welsh language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Welsh Difficulty

The Chewa vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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