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Sundanese
Sundanese

Chewa
Chewa



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Countries

Countries

West Java
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia
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

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-

Interesting Facts

  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Madurese and Malay Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3331
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1618
9 60
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Scripts

Latin, Sundanese
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

40 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Moni

Thank You

Nuhun
Zikomo

How Are You?

Kumaha kabarna?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

Wilujeng kulem
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Wilujeng wengi
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Wilujeng siang
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Wilujeng énjing
M'mawa wabwino

Please

Mangga
Chonde

Sorry

Hapunten
pepani

Bye

Wilujeng angkat
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Punten
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western dialect
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Banten
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern dialect
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Bogor
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Priangan dialect
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Bandung
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

65
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

39.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

39.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Basa Sunda
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Priangan, Sunda
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

soundanais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Sundanesisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Chewa people

History

Origin

5th century AD
15th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Sundanese
Chewa

Language Position

4227
1 120
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Signed Forms

Sundanese Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

su
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sun
nya

ISO 639 2/B

sun
nya

ISO 639 3

sun
nya

ISO 639 6

sun
nya

Glottocode

sund1251
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Sundanese and Chewa Alphabets

Sundanese and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sundanese and Chewa. In Sundanese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Sundanese and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sundanese and Chewa languages. The Sundanese phonology consist Sundanese vowels and Sundanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sundanese greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sundanese and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Sundanese and Chewa Speaking population

Sundanese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Chewa on Sundanese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Chewa Language Codes

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