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Chewa and English


English and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Zambia   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Hello   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Good Morning   

Please
Chonde   
Please   

Sorry
pepani   
Sorry   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Bye   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
American English   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Nyanja   
English   

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

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
anglais   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15th Century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
eng   

ISO 639 3
nya   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Chewa and English Speaking population

Chewa and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and English languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Chewa vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and English Language Codes

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

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