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Latvian and Chewa


Chewa and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Latvia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Moni  

Thank You
Paldies  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
lūdzu  
Chonde  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
pepani  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
Nyanja  

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

French Name
letton  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Lettisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1530  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Chewa  

Language Position
9  
9
27  
25

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
nya  

ISO 639 3
lav  
nya  

ISO 639 6
lav  
nya  

Glottocode
latv1249  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Latvian and Chewa Speaking population

Latvian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % 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 Latvian and Chewa on Latvian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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