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Chewa and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Moni  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Chonde  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
pepani  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
russe  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Russisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Eastern  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Chewa  

Language Position
7  
7
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
nya  

ISO 639 3
rus  
nya  

ISO 639 6
rus  
nya  

Glottocode
russ1263  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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All Russian 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 Russian and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Chewa Speaking population

Russian and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Chewa on Russian vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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