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Chewa and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
18  
8
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Chonde  
Not Available  

Sorry
pepani  
Not Available  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Abkhazia  

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Caucasus  

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
Nyanja  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
abkhaze  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
15th Century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
abk  

ISO 639 3
nya  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Chewa and Abkhaz Speaking population

Chewa and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Chewa and Abkhaz on Chewa vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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