Nepali and Chewa
Countries
India, Nepal
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Nepal
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Zambia
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Hindi
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Moni
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Zikomo
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Masana abwino
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
M'mawa wabwino
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
pepani
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Pepani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Malawi, Zambia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
népalais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Nepali
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Chewa people
Origin
19 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Chewa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
nyan1308
Linguasphere
12
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Chewa Speaking population
Nepali and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Chewa on Nepali vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Chewa Language Codes
Nepali and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.