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Chewa vs 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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swedish and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Chewa language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swedish and Chewa Language History.

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Swedish and Chewa Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swedish and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Chewa language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Chewa Difficulty

The Swedish vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Chewa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swedish and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.

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