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Bulgarian and Chewa


Chewa and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Malawi, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bulgaria   
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Zambia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Zulu language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Moni   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Zikomo   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Muli bwanji?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Usiku wabwino   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Madzulo abwino   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Masana abwino   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
M'mawa wabwino   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Chonde   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
pepani   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
anatsanzikana   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ndimakukondani   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Pepani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Kasungu   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Kikamtunda   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Malawi, Zambia   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Kimaravi   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Malawi, Zambia   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Nyanja   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   

French Name
bulgare   
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Nyanja-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Chewa people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Chewa   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
ny   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
nya   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
nya   

ISO 639 3
bul   
nya   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
nyan1308   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
99-AUS-xaa – xag   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bulgarian and Chewa Speaking population

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

Bulgarian and Chewa Language Codes

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

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