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Santali and Chewa


Chewa and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
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
Henda ho  
Moni  

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  

Please
দয়া করে  
Chonde  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
pepani  

Bye
Hariau  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Not present  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
-  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
-  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
20th century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Chewa  

Language Position
41  
38
27  
25

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
nya  

ISO 639 3
sat  
nya  

ISO 639 6
sat  
nya  

Glottocode
sant1410  
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 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.

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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.

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