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Danish and Chewa


Chewa and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Moni  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
God nat  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
God aften  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
God morgen  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Please  
Chonde  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
pepani  

Bye
Farvel  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
danois  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Dänisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Chewa  

Language Position
18  
16
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
nya  

ISO 639 3
dan  
nya  

ISO 639 6
dan  
nya  

Glottocode
dani1284  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

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

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Danish and Chewa Speaking population

Danish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % 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 Danish and Chewa on Danish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Chewa Language Codes

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

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