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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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