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Oriya and Chewa


Chewa and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
18  
8

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
Moni  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
Chonde  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
pepani  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
oriya  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
3 BC  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Chewa  

Language Position
32  
30
27  
25

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
nya  

ISO 639 3
ori  
nya  

ISO 639 6
ori  
nya  

Glottocode
macr1269  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Chewa Speaking population

Oriya and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Chewa on Oriya vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Chewa Language Codes

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

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