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Luri and Chewa


Chewa and Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Iran  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Persian  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks  
7
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hello  
Moni  

Thank You
Thank you  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
how are you  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Good night  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Good evening  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Good morning  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Please  
Chonde  

Sorry
sorry  
pepani  

Bye
bye  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
i love you  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
excuse me  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Dialect 3
Laki  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.00 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million  
10
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
nanme  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
louri  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
-  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Lurs  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
gd  
Chewa  

Language Position
23  
21
27  
25

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
12  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lrc  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
lrc  
nya  

ISO 639 3
12  
nya  

ISO 639 6
lrc  
nya  

Glottocode
12  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
12  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Luri and Chewa Speaking population

Luri and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % 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 Luri and Chewa on Luri vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Chewa Language Codes

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

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