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Chewa and French


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
32  
3
2  
13

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
32 weeks  
11

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
African French  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
1.50 million  
99+

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
13  
12
27  
25

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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