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Sindhi and Chewa


Chewa and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
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Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Gujarati  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
42  
31
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
Moni  

Thank You
Meharbani  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Mehrbani  
Chonde  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
pepani  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
26
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Lari  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
سنڌي  
Nyanja  

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

French Name
sindhi  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɪndi]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Sindhi people  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Chewa  

Language Position
50  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
nya  

ISO 639 3
snd  
nya  

ISO 639 6
snd  
nya  

Glottocode
sind1272  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
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Language Morphological Typology
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-  

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

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Sindhi and Chewa Speaking population

Sindhi and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Chewa on Sindhi vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Chewa Language Codes

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

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