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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Zambia

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Italian Language
Zulu language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2631
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2018
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Moni

Thank You

Merci
Zikomo

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

bonsoir
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Bonjour
M'mawa wabwino

Please

S'il vous plaît
Chonde

Sorry

désolé
pepani

Bye

au revoir
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Kasungu

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Africa
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

255
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Français
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

français
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Französisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

French people
Chewa people

History

Origin

9th Century
15th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Chewa

Language Position

1327
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
nya

ISO 639 2/B

fre
nya

ISO 639 3

fra
nya

ISO 639 6

fras
nya

Glottocode

stan1290
nyan1308

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Chewa Alphabets

French and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Chewa. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn French and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Chewa languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Chewa Speaking population

French and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of French and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Chewa on French vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Chewa Language Codes

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