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Chewa and Bosnian


Bosnian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Chonde   
molim vas   

Sorry
pepani   
Oprostite   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

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

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
bosniaque   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
15th Century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
bos   

ISO 639 3
nya   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Chewa and Bosnian Speaking population

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

Chewa and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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