How many people speak Hausa and Chewa?

Hausa vs Chewa Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Hausa and Chewa, you will get to compare Hausa vs Chewa speaking population. How many people speak Hausa and Chewa gives you the number of people speaking Hausa and Chewa in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Hausa language is 50.00 million and number of people speaking Chewa language is 12.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Hausa is 0.52 % and speaking population of Chewa is 0.17 %. For more detailed difference check out Hausa vs Chewa.

Hausa native speakers vs Chewa native speakers

How many people speak Hausa and Chewa languages tells about Hausa native speakers vs Chewa native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 35.00 million people speak Hausa as native language while 12.00 million people speak Chewa as native language. You can also go to Hausa vs Chewa Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Hausa and Chewa language. In some regions, Hausa and Chewa languages are used as second language. There are 15.00 million speakers who use Hausa as second language and 1.50 million speakers who use Chewa as second language.

Native Names of Hausa and Chewa

Native names are used in the Hausa and Chewa Speaking Countries. Both Hausa and Chewa languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Hausa and Chewa you will get to know the native names of Hausa and Chewa languages. The native name of Hausa is حَوْسَ (ḥawsa) and native name of Chewa is Nyanja. The alternative names of Hausa and Chewa languages are as follows:

• Hausa alternative names are: Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
• Chewa alternative names are: Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

The French name of Hausa is haoussa whereas German name of Hausa is Haussa-Sprache. The German name of Chewa is Nyanja-Sprache whereas French name of Chewa is haoussa.