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Estonian and Chewa


Chewa and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Moni  

Thank You
aitäh  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Palun  
Chonde  

Sorry
Vabandust  
pepani  

Bye
Head aega  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
estonien  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Estnisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
13th century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Finnic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Chewa  

Language Position
22  
20
27  
25

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
nya  

ISO 639 3
est  
nya  

ISO 639 6
est  
nya  

Glottocode
esto1258  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Estonian and Chewa Speaking population

Estonian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Chewa on Estonian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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