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Chewa and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Moni  

Thank You
Gracias  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
Por Favor  
Chonde  

Sorry
triste  
pepani  

Bye
adiós  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Español  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Spanisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Chewa  

Language Position
2  
2
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
nya  

ISO 639 3
spa  
nya  

ISO 639 6
spa  
nya  

Glottocode
stan1288  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Spanish and Chewa Speaking population

Spanish and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Chewa on Spanish vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Chewa Language Codes

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

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