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Serbian and Chewa


Chewa and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Moni  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Chonde  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
pepani  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Nyanja  

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

French Name
serbe  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Serbisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Chewa  

Language Position
44  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
nya  

ISO 639 3
srp  
nya  

ISO 639 6
srp  
nya  

Glottocode
serb1264  
nyan1308  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Serbian and Chewa Speaking population

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

Serbian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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