Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Zambia
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Zulu language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moni
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Zikomo
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
  
su prabat
  
Please
Chonde
  
kripya
  
Sorry
pepani
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
anatsanzikana
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Pepani
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Kasungu
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Nyanja
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
dogri
  
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Chewa people
  
Dogras
  
Origin
15th Century
  
1971
  
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
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ny
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
nya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
nya
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nyan1308
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Chewa and Dogri Speaking population
Chewa and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri 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 Dogri on Chewa vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chewa and Dogri Language Codes
Chewa and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.