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Swedish and Chewa


Chewa and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Moni  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
god morgon  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
vänligen  
Chonde  

Sorry
ledsen  
pepani  

Bye
hej då  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
France  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
suédois  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Chewa  

Language Position
89  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
nya  

ISO 639 3
swe  
nya  

ISO 639 6
swe  
nya  

Glottocode
swed1254  
nyan1308  

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

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Swedish and Chewa Speaking population

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

Swedish and Chewa Language Codes

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

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