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Chewa and Basque


Basque and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
France, Spain   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Gabon   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Egun on   

Please
Chonde   
Mesedez   

Sorry
pepani   
Barkatu   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Agur   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
basque   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Basque people   

History

Origin
15th Century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Basque   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
baq   

ISO 639 3
nya   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Chewa and Basque Speaking population

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

Chewa and Basque Language Codes

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

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