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Chewa and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
18  
8

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Moni  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Chonde  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
pepani  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Wu  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Yue  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
chinois  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
15th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Chewa  

Language Position
1  
1
27  
25

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
nya  

ISO 639 3
zho  
nya  

ISO 639 6
zho  
nya  

Glottocode
sini1245  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Chinese and Chewa Speaking population

Chinese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chinese and Chewa on Chinese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Chewa Language Codes

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

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