Chewa and Cantonese
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Zambia
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Zulu language
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
你好吗？
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
晚安
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
下午好
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
早上好
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
我爱你
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Hong Kong
Native Name
Nyanja
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
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German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
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Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Chewa people
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Origin
15th Century
17th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ny
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
nya
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ISO 639 2/B
nya
Not Available
ISO 639 3
nya
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nyan1308
cant1236
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Chewa and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chewa and Cantonese Speaking population
Chewa and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Chewa vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Cantonese Language Codes
Chewa and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.