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Chewa and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
18  
8

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Moni  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Chonde  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
pepani  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
japonais  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Japanisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1185  
15th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Chewa  

Language Position
8  
8
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
nya  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
nya  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
nya  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Japanese and Chewa Speaking population

Japanese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Chewa on Japanese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Chewa Language Codes

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

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