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Chewa and Finnish


Finnish and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Zambia  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Zulu language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
Moi  

Thank You
Zikomo  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Chonde  
haluta  

Sorry
pepani  
Anteeksi  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
Heippa  

I Love You
Ndimakukondani  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Pepani  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
Nyanja  
suomi / suomen kieli  

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

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
finnois  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
15th Century  
1543  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Bantu  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
fin  

ISO 639 3
nya  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
finn1318  

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, Synthetic  

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

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Chewa and Finnish Speaking population

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

Chewa and Finnish Language Codes

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

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