Chewa and Afrikaans
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
South Africa
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Zambia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Zulu language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
goeie nag
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
Goeie middag
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
goeie more
Bye
anatsanzikana
Not Available
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Pepani
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nyanja
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Cape Dutch
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
afrikaans
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Afrikaners
Origin
15th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
nyan1308
afri1274
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
All Chewa and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Afrikaans Speaking population
Chewa and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans on Chewa vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Afrikaans Language Codes
Chewa and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
