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Georgian and Chewa


Chewa and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Moni  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Chonde  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
pepani  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
géorgien  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Georgisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Chewa  

Language Position
120  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
nya  

ISO 639 3
kat  
nya  

ISO 639 6
kat  
nya  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Georgian and Chewa Speaking population

Georgian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % 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 Georgian and Chewa on Georgian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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