Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Zambia
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Zulu language
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
Zikomo
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
goedenavond
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Masana abwino
Good Morning
goedemorgen
M'mawa wabwino
Please
alsjeblieft
Chonde
Bye
vaarwel
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ndimakukondani
Dialect 1
Gronings
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
Nederlands
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Niederländisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Chewa people
Origin
AD 450-500
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Chewa Speaking population
Dutch and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Chewa on Dutch vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Chewa Language Codes
Dutch and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.