Afrikaans and Chewa
Countries
South Africa
Malawi, Zimbabwe
National Language
South Africa
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zambia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
goeie nag
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Masana abwino
Good Morning
goeie more
M'mawa wabwino
Bye
Not Available
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Pepani
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Not Available
Malawi, Zambia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Malawi, Zambia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
afrikaans
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Afrikaans
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Chewa people
Origin
17th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Chewa
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
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Glottocode
afri1274
nyan1308
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Chewa Speaking population
Afrikaans and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Chewa on Afrikaans vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Chewa Language Codes
Afrikaans and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.