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Chewa and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Chonde   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
pepani   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Balgarski   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
bulgare   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
bul   

ISO 639 3
nya   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Chewa and Bulgarian Speaking population

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

Chewa and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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