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Uyghur vs Chewa


Chewa vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Zambia  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Moni  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
birdam  
Chonde  

Sorry
kachurung  
pepani  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
China  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
China  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
China  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
ouïgour  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
11  
15th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Chewa  

Language Position
98  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
nya  

ISO 639 3
uig  
nya  

ISO 639 6
uig  
nya  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Uyghur and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Chewa language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 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 Uyghur and Chewa Language History.

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Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Chewa language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs Chewa Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.

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