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Indonesian and Chewa


Chewa and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Moni  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Chonde  

Sorry
maaf  
pepani  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
indonésien  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Chewa  

Language Position
56  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
nya  

ISO 639 3
ind  
nya  

ISO 639 6
ind  
nya  

Glottocode
indo1316  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Chewa Speaking population

Indonesian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Chewa on Indonesian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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