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Chewa and Albanian


Albanian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Zulu language   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
18   
8
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Chonde   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
pepani   
Me fal   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Nyanja   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Not Available   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
albanais   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Albanians   

History

Origin
15th Century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
alb   

ISO 639 3
nya   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Chewa and Albanian Speaking population

Chewa and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian on Chewa vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Albanian Language Codes

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

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