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Quechua
Quechua

Chewa
Chewa



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Countries

Countries

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

South America
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Aymara and Guarani Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3131
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2618
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Rimaykullayki
Moni

Thank You

Solpayki
Zikomo

How Are You?

Allillanchu
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

Allin tuta
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Wuynas nuchis
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Wuynas tardis
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Wuynus diyas
M'mawa wabwino

Please

jamuspa
Chonde

Sorry

Pampachaykuway
pepani

Bye

bye
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Kuyayki
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Pampachaway
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Ancash
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Peru
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

920,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Huánuco
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Peru
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

190,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yaru
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Peru
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

150,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

105
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.90 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.90 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Qhichwa
Nyanja

Alternative Names

North La Paz Quechua
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

quechua
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Quechua-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈketʃwa]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Quechua
Chewa people

History

Origin

16th Century
15th Century

Language Family

Quechumaran Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Andean Equatorial
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Quechua
Chewa

Language Position

2327
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Quechua
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

qu
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

que
nya

ISO 639 2/B

que
nya

ISO 639 3

que
nya

ISO 639 6

que
nya

Glottocode

quec1387
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Quechua and Chewa Alphabets

Quechua and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Quechua and Chewa. In Quechua Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Quechua and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Quechua and Chewa languages. The Quechua phonology consist Quechua vowels and Quechua consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Quechua greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Quechua and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Quechua and Chewa Speaking population

Quechua and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Quechua and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Quechua and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 % 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 Quechua and Chewa on Quechua vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Quechua and Chewa Language Codes

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