Santali and Chewa
Countries
India
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Munda Language
Zulu language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Adi Johar
Zikomo
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
M'mawa wabwino
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Ndimakukondani
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Not present
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
-
Malawi, Zambia
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
santal
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Santali
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Chewa people
Origin
20th century
15th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Chewa
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
Glottocode
sant1410
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-
All Santali 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 Santali and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Santali and Chewa Speaking population
Santali and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % 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 Santali and Chewa on Santali vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Chewa Language Codes
Santali and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.