Chewa and Finnish
Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
European Union, Finland
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 in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Pepani
Anteeksi
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Chewa
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nyan1308
finn1318
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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.
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.