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Chewa and Estonian


Estonian and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Zulu language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
18   
8
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Tere   

Thank You
Zikomo   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Chonde   
Palun   

Sorry
pepani   
Vabandust   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Eesti keel   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
estonien   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
15th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Bantu   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
est   

ISO 639 3
nya   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Chewa and Estonian Speaking population

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

Chewa and Estonian Language Codes

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

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