Khasi and Chewa
Countries
Meghalaya
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not Available
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not Available
Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
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Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
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How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
thia sukh
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Masana abwino
Good Morning
khublei
M'mawa wabwino
Bye
khublei
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
map a nga
Pepani
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
khasi
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Khasi people
Chewa people
Origin
Not Available
15th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Chewa
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
khas1269
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi 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 Khasi and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Chewa Speaking population
Khasi and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available 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 Khasi and Chewa on Khasi vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Chewa Language Codes
Khasi and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.