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Mongolian and Chewa


Chewa and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Moni  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Chonde  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
pepani  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
mongol  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
15th Century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Chewa  

Language Position
26  
24
27  
25

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
nya  

ISO 639 3
mon  
nya  

ISO 639 6
mon  
nya  

Glottocode
mong1331  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Mongolian and Chewa Speaking population

Mongolian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % 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 Mongolian and Chewa on Mongolian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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