Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Germany
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Zambia
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
guten Abend
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Masana abwino
Good Morning
guten Morgen
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Pepani
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Germany
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Texas German
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Texas
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
Deutsch
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
allemand
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Deutsch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Germans
Chewa people
Origin
6th Century AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed German
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All German 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 German and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of German and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Chewa Speaking population
German and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of German and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Chewa on German vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Chewa Language Codes
German and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.